Compositions and methods related to canine IgG and canine IL-13 receptors

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to canine immunoglobulin G (IgG) and canine interleukin-13 receptors (IL-13R) as well as fusion proteins containing canine IgG and/or canine IL-13R. In particular, the present invention discloses nucleic acid molecules encoding canine IgG, including species-specific regions of the heavy chain of canine IgG, and canine IL-13R alpha chain (IL-13Rα) proteins, particularly canine interleuken receptor alpha 1 (IL-13Rα1) and canine interleuken receptor alpha 2 (IL-13Rα2) proteins. Also included are canine IgG and IL-13Rα proteins, antibodies having selectivity for such proteins, inhibitors of such proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules, cells transformed with said nucleic acid molecules, assays employing such cells, nucleic acids molecules, proteins, antibodies and/or inhibitors, and therapeutic compositions comprising said nucleic acids molecules, proteins, antibodies and/or inhibitors. Also included are kits containing said molecules or chimera thereof, including their use to evaluate and regulate an immune response in an animal.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/195,874, filed Apr. 7, 2000, entitled “Canine Immunoglobulin G Molecules and Related Methods”; and U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/195,659, filed Apr. 7, 2000, entitled “Canine IL-13 Receptors, Proteins, Nucleic Acids and Uses Thereof.”

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to novel canine proteins, and more particularly to canine IgG and canine interleuken-13 receptor proteins, fusion proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins and methods of making and using the same.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Regulation of immune and inflammatory responses in animals is important in disease management. Immune responses can be regulated by modifying the activity of immunoregulatory molecules and immune cells. Such immunoregulatory molecules include, for example, cytokines, chemokines as well as soluble and membrane-bound immunoglobulin molecules.

One type of immunoregulatory molecule is immunoglobulin, a class of which is immunoglobulin G (IgG). The DNA and amino acid sequences of IgG molecules from several species have been reported. Peptides derived from known IgG sequences have been used to generate antibodies which alter IgG function. In humans and mice, IgGs have been fairly well characterized. In general, IgGs have been characterized by function and not DNA similarity since DNA similarity is not a reliable indicator of function.

Another type of immunoregulatory molecule is interleuken-13 (IL-13). Interleukin-13 is a cytokine produced by activated type 2 helper cells (Th2 cells). IL-13 promotes growth and differentiation of B cells, and IL-13 inhibits the production of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 alpha, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, interleukin-10 and interleukin-12 (designated as IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and IL-12, respectively), among others.

A cDNA encoding IL-13 was first isolated from the mouse in 1989 and the human homologue was isolated in 1993. The human IL-13 gene is located on chromosome 5 q 31 which is 12 kilobases (kb) upstream of the interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene. Given the close proximity of the two genes, it is not surprising that IL-13 and IL-4 proteins share 25% sequence identity in humans and 30% sequence identity in mice. IL-13 and IL-4 are often simultaneously produced (with other cytokines) by Th2 cells. Both IL-13 and IL-4 share functional characteristics, such as inhibiting the production of inflammatory cytokines, and up-regulating the MHC class II and CD23 expression on monocytes and/or macrophages in B cells. Furthermore, IL-4 and IL-13 induce the IgE class switch in human cells in vitro and trigger IgG and IgM synthesis.

Both IL-13 and IL-4 have long played a role in allergy and inflammation, but until recently it has been difficult to separate the roles of these cytokines. Th2 cells are important participants in allergic conditions; as Th2 cells differentiate they produce cytokines directly or signal other allergic effector cells which induce and maintain allergic inflammatory responses. It is proposed that an allergen stimulates Th2 cells to produce IL-13 and/or IL-4, which in turn binds to IL-4R and/or IL-13R, signaling induction of IgE synthesis on B cells. Allergen-specific IgE then binds to IgE receptors on mast cells and basophils activating these cells and causing release of mediators of allergic inflammation. Induction of allergen specific Th2 differentiation represents a hallmark of allergic disease because cytokines produced by these cells induce and maintain allergic inflammatory processes. Th2 cells selectively develop and expand in the presence of IL-4. In humans, IL-13 fails to induce Th2-cell differentiation due to the lack of functional IL-13 receptors on T cells. IL-13 and IL-4 both induce IgE synthesis on B cells though IL-13 appears to be less potent in humans.

IL-4 and IL-13 receptors (referred to as IL-4R and IL-13R, respectively) share structural homology, in that both receptor complexes contain the IL-4 receptor alpha (IL-4Rα) chain which is required for signal transduction. Binding of IL-13 or IL-4 to IL-4R and IL-13R results in comparable signaling pathways. For example, if monoclonal antibodies are directed against the IL-4Rα chain (part of both the IL-4 and IL-13R complexes) IL-4 and IL-13 activity would be inhibited. Inhibition of biological activity of either of these cytokines would cause downstream regulation changes suggesting the importance of IL-4R□ for signal transduction. IL-13R can also function as a second receptor for IL-4 in cases where the IL-4R complex is compromised.

IL-13R is expressed on many cell types such as B cells, monocytes, macrophages, basophils, eosinophils, mast cells, endothelial cells, keratinocytes and some types of tumor cells, but active receptors have not been found on human T cells or murine B cells. Generally IL-13R is present in high numbers and thought to bind IL-13 with high affinity. The human IL-13 receptor complex consists of the 140-kilodalton (kD) IL-4Rα chain, which binds IL-4 but not IL-13, and an IL-13 binding protein. cDNAs encoding two different IL-13Rα (designated as IL-13Rα1 and IL-13Rα2) proteins have been isolated from humans and mice. Human IL-13Rα1 consists of 427 amino acids and binds IL-13 with low affinity (kD˜4 nanomoles/Liter) while human IL-13Rα2 is a 380 amino acid protein, which binds IL-13 with high affinity (kD˜50 picomoles/Liter).

Differences in IL-13 and IL-13R have been observed between species. Functional IL-13R is found on B cells in humans, while no functional IL-13R is found on B cells in mice. As such, no IgE response can be elicited from mouse B cells, so the role of IL-13 in stimulating IgE synthesis in mice remains unclear. However, it has recently been shown that IL-4 deficient mice are able to produce IgE, presumably through an IL-13 and IL-4 independent pathway. Given the differences in IL-13 activity between human and mouse, there would be no way to predict the IL-13 activity in other species, including dogs. As such there remains a need for compounds and methods to regulate an immune response in dogs through manipulation of IL-13 and IL-13R activities. The present invention satisfies this need and provides related advantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to canine IgG and canine interleuken-13 receptor (IL-13R) proteins as well as fusion proteins containing regions from canine IgG, canine IL-13R proteins or both. Also included are nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins as well as recombinant constructs and cells containing the nucleic acid molecules, antibodies to the isolated proteins of the present invention, therapeutic compositions useful for treating canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13R mediated responses including, for example, vaccines, inhibitors of the proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules, methods for treating canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13R-mediated responses, methods for eliciting a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13R mediated immune response, and kits containing the compositions of the present invention.

In one aspect the present invention relates to different canine IgG nucleic acid molecules and the corresponding encoded amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention relates to isolated canine IgG nucleic acid molecules having one of the following nucleic acid sequences:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 55% identity SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:7, or SEQ ID NO: 13, wherein said identity can be determined using a DNAsis computer program and default parameters;

(b) a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO: 10, or SEQ ID NO: 16, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters;

(c) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a first amino acid sequence which has at least 40% identity to SEQ ID NO:2, or SEQ ID NO: 14, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters;

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a second amino acid sequence which has at least 90% identity SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 17 wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters;

(e) a nucleic acid sequence which is an allelic variant of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 13, or SEQ ID NO: 16; or

(f) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to any of the above nucleic acid sequences.

The isolated nucleic acid molecules can further include the following sequences:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1. SEQ ID NO:7, or SEQ ID NO: 13, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters;

(b) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a third amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO:2, or SEQ ID NO: 14, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters;

(c) a nucleic acid sequence which is an allelic variant of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:7, or SEQ ID NO:13; or

(d) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to any of the nucleic acid sequences of (a), (b) or (c).

In yet a further embodiment, the isolated canine IgG nucleic acid molecule can have the following sequences:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 70 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:7 or SEQ ID NO: 13;

(b) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 350 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO: 10, and SEQ ID NO: 16;

(c) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 450 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:19;

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a first amino acid sequence comprising at least 20 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, and SEQ ID NO: 14;

(e) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a second amino acid sequence comprising at least 100 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:11, or SEQ ID NO:17;

(f) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a third amino acid sequence comprising at least 200 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:20; and

(g) an nucleic acid sequence complementary to any of the above nucleic acid sequence.

In yet another embodiment, the isolated canine IgG nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can contain the following nucleic acid sequences:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 150 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:7 or SEQ ID NO:13;

(b) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 500 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID NO:16;

(c) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 700 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:19;

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a fourth amino acid sequence comprising at least 50 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:14;

(e) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a fifth amino acid sequence comprising at least 200 contiguous residues of SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:11 or SEQ ID NO:17;

(f) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a sixth amino acid sequence comprising at least 300 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:20; and

(g) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the above nucleic acid sequences.

The isolated IgG nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can further contain the following nucleic acid sequences:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:16, and SEQ ID NO:19;

(b) a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 17, and SEQ ID NO:20;

(c) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to any of the above nucleic acid sequences.

The present invention further provides canine IgG heavy chain proteins having an amino acid sequence encoded by any of the above-identified nucleic acid molecules or having an amino acid sequence selected from the following: SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO:17, or SEQ ID NO: 19. The invention is also directed to fusion constructs containing at least one of the above-identified nucleic acid molecules, as well as to corresponding fusion proteins. The invention additionally provides recombinant vectors and recombinant cells containing at least one of the nucleic acid molecules or fusion constructs. Isolated antibodies selective for the canine IgG proteins of the present inventon are also provided.

Methods of detecting canine IgG nucleic acid molecules are also provided and can generally be accomplished by:

(a) contacting an isolated the isolated nucleic acid molecule of the present invention with a putative IgG nucleic acid-containing composition under conditions suitable for formation of a heavy chain of canine IgG nucleic acid molecule/IgG nucleic acid complex; and

(b) detecting the presence of IgG nucleic acid by detecting the heavy chain of canine IgG nucleic acid molecule/IgG nucleic acid complex.

Also provided are kits containing any of the above isolated nucleic acid molecules, a protein encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules, an inhibitor of a nucleic acid molecule and/or an inhibitor of the protein encolded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

The present invention also provides for canine interleukin-13 receptor (IL-13R) proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, antibodies raised against such proteins and/or inhibitors of such proteins or nucleic acid molecules. This aspect of the present invention particularly relates to canine interleukin-13 receptor alpha 1 (IL-13Rα1 or IL-13Ra1) and canine interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 (IL-13Rα2 or IL-13Rα2) proteins, nucleic acid molecules, and antibodies and inhibitors of the IL-13R proteins and nucleic acids.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides the following isolated IL-13R nucleic acid molecules:

(a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least 75 contiguous nucleotides identical in sequence to an at least 75 contiguous nucleotide region of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 or SEQ ID NO:53;

(b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 90 percent identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 or SEQ ID NO:53, and a fragment thereof, wherein said fragment is at least 80 nucleotides in length, and wherein said percent identity can be determined by a DNAsis™ computer program with a gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, a fixed gap penalty set at 10, a k-tuple set at 2, a window size set at 10 and a floating gap penalty set at 1;

(c) isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein comprising amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 50;

(d) isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a first nucleic acid molecule having at least 40 contiguous nucleotides identical in sequence to at least 40 contiguous nucleotide region of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 or SEQ ID NO:70; and

(ii) a second nucleic acid molecule comprising a first nucleic acid sequence that is at least 80% identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 or SEQ ID NO:70, and a fragment thereof, wherein said fragment is at least 50 nucleotides in length, and wherein said percent identity can be determined by a DNAsis™ computer program with a gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, a fixed gap penalty set at 10, a k-tuple set at 2, a window size set at 10 and a floating gap penalty set at 10.

(e) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69.

(f) an isolated nucleic acid molecule having a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a protein that is at least 85 percent identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:3, wherein said percent identity can be determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with a gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, a fixed gap penalty set at 10, a k-tuple set at 2, a window size set at 10 and a floating gap penalty set at 10; and

(ii) a protein comprising a fragment of at least 45 contiguous amino acids identical in sequence to an at least 45 contiguous amino acid sequence of the second protein;

(g) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein that comprises an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region of SEQ ID NO:3;

(h) an isolated nucleic acid molecule contains a nucleic acid sequence encoding an IL-13Rα1 protein of at least 45 contiguous amino acids in length, wherein the nucleic acid sequence comprises an at least 135 contiguous nucleotide sequence identical in sequence to at least 135 contiguous nucleotide region of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 or SEQ ID NO:53;

(i) an isolated nucleic acid molecule having a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a first protein selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a second protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 70 percent identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69, wherein percent identity is determined by a DNAsis™ computer program with a gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, a fixed gap penalty set at 10, a k-tuple set at 2, a window size set at 10 and a floating gap penalty set at 10;

(ii) a protein comprising a fragment of at least 40 contiguous amino acids identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acids of the first protein;

(j) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein that comprises an at least 30 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 30 contiguous amino acid region of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69;

(k) an isolated nucleic acid molecule of (j), wherein the protein binds to canine IL-13, as measured by its ability to inhibit IL-13-stimulated TF-1 cell proliferation;

(l) an isolated nucleic acid molecule of (j), wherein the isolated nucleic acid molecule contains a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an IL-13Rα2 protein of at least 40 amino acids in length, wherein said nucleic acid sequence comprises an at least 120 contiguous nucleotide sequence identical in sequence to an at least 120 contiguous nucleotide region of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 or SEQ ID NO:70, wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule does not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with the third nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98; and

(m) an isolated nucleic acid molecule complementary of any of the above isolated nucleic acid molecules.

In another embodiment of the invention, proteins encoded by the above nucleic acid molecules are also provided. Such proteins include the following:

(a) a protein comprising an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region of SEQ ID NO:50;

(b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 85 percent identical in sequence to amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50 and a fragment thereof, wherein said fragment is at least 45 amino acids in length, wherein percent identity can be determined by a DNAsis™ computer program;

(c) a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising an at least 120 contiguous nucleotide region identical in sequence to an at least 120 contiguous nucleotide region of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, and SEQ ID NO:52;

(d) a protein comprising a first amino acid sequence of at least 30 amino acids in length, wherein said first amino acid sequence has at least 30 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to at least 30 contiguous amino acid region of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, or SEQ ID NO:69;

(e) a protein comprising a third amino acid sequence that is at least 70 percent identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, or SEQ ID NO:69, and a fragment thereof, wherein said fragment is at least 40 amino acids in length, wherein percent identity is determined by a DNAsis™ computer program; and

(f) a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising an at least 90 contiguous nucleotide region identical in sequence to an at least 90 contiguous nucleotide region of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 or SEQ ID NO:68.

The present invention also provides chimeric nucleic acid molecules encoding a fusion protein in which the chimeric nucleic acid molecules contain a nucleic acid molecule encoding a carrier protein domain and a nucleic acid molecule encoding a canine IL-13Rα protein domain. The fusion protein can also contain a linker sequence. The carrier protein domain can be an immunoglobulin Fc region, preferably a canine immunoglobulin Fc region, and more preferably a canine immunoglobulin IgG Fe region. The canine IL-13Rα protein domain can be IL-13Rα1 or IL-13Rα2 protein domains. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule can contain the following nucleic acid sequences: SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:80 and SEQ ID NO:82, as well as SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65, and SEQ ID NO:68. Additionally, the chimeric nucleic acid molecules can have a nucleic acid molecule encoding the carrier protein domain on the 5′ end and the nucleic acid molecule encoding the IL-13R protein domain on the 3′ end. Alternatively, the domains can be reversed.

The present invention further provides fusion proteins containing a carrier protein domain and a canine IL-13Rα domain. Preferably, the fusion protein contains an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78, and SEQ ID NO:81, as well as SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69.

Additional embodiments of the present invention include mimetopes and multimeric forms of any of the above proteins. Antibodies that selectively bind to any of the canine IL-13R proteins of the present invention are also provided, as well as recombinant vectors, fusion constructs, fusion sequences, and recombinant cells containing at least one nucleic acid molecules of the present invnetion.

The present invention also includes therapeutic compositions and kits containing such nucleic acid molecules, proteins, antibodies and/or inhibitors, as well as their use to evaluate and regulate an immune response of an animal, including naked nucleotide vaccines and recombinant cell vaccines.

Also provided are methods to produce a canine Il-13Rα proteins by culturing a recombinant cell capable of expressing the protein, as well as methods of identifying an inhibitor of canine Il-13Rα activity by contacting a canine Il-13Rα protein with a putative inhibitory compound and determining if Il-13Rα protein activity is inhibited.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

The present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein, isolated proteins encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, recombinant constructs and cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules and/or proteins, antibodies to the isolated proteins, inhibitors of the proteins and nucleic acids, therapeutic compositions useful for treating canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain)-mediated responses (including e.g., vaccines), methods for treating canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain)-mediated responses, methods for eliciting a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain)-mediated immune response, and kits comprising the materials provided. According to the present invention, an isolated, or biologically pure, nucleic acid molecule or protein, is a nucleic acid molecule or protein that has been removed from its natural milieu. As such, “isolated” and/or “biologically pure” do not necessarily reflect the extent to which the nucleic acid molecule or protein has been purified. “Proteins” means any compounds that comprise amino acids, including peptides, polypeptides, fusion proteins, etc. It is further to be noted that the term “a” or “an” entity refers to one or more of that entity; for example, a protein refers to one or more proteins or at least one protein. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more” and “at least one” can be used interchangeably herein. It is also to be noted that the terms “comprising”, “including”, and “having” can be used interchangeably. Furthermore, a compound “selected from the group consisting of” refers to one or more of the compounds in the list that follows, including mixtures (e.g., combinations) of two or more of the compounds.

The present invention also comprises expression vectors and recombinant cells comprising the present nucleic acid molecules. Also provided are fusion proteins comprising canine IgG heavy chain proteins as well as fusion protein constructs encoding such fusion proteins. “Fusion protein” means a protein (including polypeptides) which are a combination of two or more protein regions or whole proteins. For example, two proteins may be fused and both functional as present in nature, or fused such that their function is altered. They may be fused by linking internal to the protein sequence of one or the other, or fused with a linker sequence. The linker sequence can be of any length, and any amino acid composition; it may contain advantageous features such as a cleavage site, phosphorylation site, glycosylation site, etc. A fusion protein can be obtained through translation of a fusion sequence. “Fusion sequence” is meant to refer to any nucleic acid sequence that is not naturally-occurring and can include: a canine sequence; a murine sequence; a equine sequence; a feline sequence; and a human sequence; a non-canine receptor sequence; a non-canine immunoglobulin sequence; and a non-canine cytokine sequence. A fusion protein can be made up of canine IgG or a portion thereof, attached, fused, joined to proteins or portions thereof (e.g. variable region of other species immunoglobulins) to “caninize”; add to other molecules for stability, or as an adjuvant.

As used herein, a canid refers to any member of the canid family (i.e. the family Canidae), including, but not limited to, domestic dogs, and wild canids such as wolves, foxes, and coyotes. Similarly, the term canine refers to “of the family Canidae”.

Canine IgG nucleic acid molecules can encode entire IgG (e.g. heavy and light chain, or portion thereof) at least Fcgamma, or fragment thereof and variable region or fragment thereof. “Fragment” is meant to refer to any subset of the referent nucleic acid molecule. Moreover, included is a light chain or a fragment thereof and may be a single chain antibody. “Antibody” as used herein includes both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies as well as fragments thereof, such as Fv, Fab and F(ab)₂ fragments that are capable of binding antigen or hapten. Also included are heterospecies -e.g. Canine Fc and other species variable regions. Moreover, small, functional fragments are also included, such as, but not limited to: the hinge regions, other regions, such as regions which probide stability, complement activation, antigenic regions, or Fcgamma receptor binding regions. Each domain is included (gamma 1, gamma 2, and gamma 3), as are any uses thereof.

The present invention also provides for isolated canine interleukin-13 receptor (IL-13R), proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, antibodies raised against such proteins and/or inhibitors of such proteins or nucleic acid molecules. The present invention provides for isolated IL-13Rα proteins, such as canine interleukin-13 receptor alpha 1 (IL-13Rα1), canine interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 (IL-13Rα2), canine IL-13Rα:canine IgG fusion proteins and nucleic acid molecules, as well as antibodies raised against such proteins, and/or inhibitors of such proteins or nucleic acid molecules. Also included in the present invention is the use of these proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and/or compounds derived therefrom as therapeutic compositions to regulate the immune response of an animal as well as in other applications, such as those disclosed below.

Also provided for in the present invention are isolated canine nucleic acid molecules that includes a canine IL-13R nucleic acid molecule. As used herein a canine IL-13R nucleic acid molecule refers to a nucleic acid molecule that includes a canine IL-13 receptor alpha chain (IL-13Rα) nucleic acid molecule that encodes a canine IL-13 receptor alpha chain protein and/or a complement thereof. Preferably, a canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is a canine IL-13Rα1 or IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule that encodes a canine IL-13Rα1 or IL-13Rα2 protein and/or a complement thereof. As used herein, a canine nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is a nucleic acid molecule that is isolated from a canid or is derived therefrom in that it is produced using recombinant DNA technology, or by chemical synthesis. As such, a canine nucleic acid molecule includes natural forms as well as any variants thereof, such as a canine nucleic acid molecule that has been altered in a manner known to those skilled in the art, such as those methods disclosed herein. As used herein, a canine nucleic acid molecule does not refer to a mouse or human nucleic acid molecule.

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention of known length isolated from Canis familiaris are denoted as follows: IL-13Rα1 is denoted as nCaIL-13Rα1_(x), wherein “x” refers to the number of nucleotides in that molecule for example, nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃ refers to a canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule of 483 nucleotides; and in a similar fashion, a IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule of length “x” is referred to as nCaIL-13Rα2_(x). Similarly, Canis familiaris IL-13Rα1 and IL-13Rα2 proteins of the present invention of known length isolated from are denoted PCaIL-13Rα1_(x), and/or PcaIL-13Rα2_(x), respectively.

One embodiment of the present invention is an isolated protein that includes a canine IL-13 receptor (IL-13R) protein. As used herein a canine IL-13R protein refers to a protein, or protein complex, that includes a canine IL-13 receptor alpha chain (IL-13Rα) protein. Preferably, a canine IL-13Rα protein of the present invention is a IL-13Rα1 protein or IL-13Rα2 protein. As used herein, a canine protein of the present invention is a protein that is isolated from a canid or is derived therefrom in that it is produced using recombinant DNA technology, or by chemical synthesis. As such, a canine protein includes natural forms as well as any variants thereof, such as a canine protein that has been altered in a manner known to those skilled in the art, such as those methods disclosed herein. As used herein, a canine protein does not refer to a mouse or human protein.

Identification of the canine IL-13R nucleic acid molecules of the present invention and particularly of the canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecules of the present invention is unexpected because initial attempts to obtain canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules using standard cDNA screening conditions were unsuccessful. While not being bound by theory, it is believed that canine mRNAs encoding IL-13Rα proteins are extremely rare (i.e. present in very low concentrations, at best, in a cell).

The following Table 1 summarizes the Sequence Listing for convenience:

TABLE 1 Approx. SEQ ID Closest NO Molecule Description of the Sequence Identity¹ 1 DNA encoding hinge region of clone 3523 45% 2 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID 34% NO 1 3 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 1 4 DNA encoding clone 3523 88% 5 deduced 86% amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 4 6 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 4 7 DNA encoding hinge region of clone Bly 8 51% 8 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID 89% NO 7 9 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 7 10 DNA encoding clone Bly 8 90% 11 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID 88% NO 10 12 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 10 13 DNA encoding hinge region of clone Bly 9 41% 14 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID 16% NO 13 15 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 13 16 DNA encoding clone Bly 9 89% 17 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID 82% NO 16 18 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 16 19 DNA encoding clone 4325 98% 20 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID 98% NO 19 21 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 19 22 DNA encoding hinge region of clone 4325 23 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 22 24 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 2 25 Lambda part 26 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 25 27 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 25 28 3523 part 29 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 28 30 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 28 31 4325 part 32 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 31 33 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 31 34 Bly 8-5 part 35 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 34 36 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 34 37 Bly 8-3C part 38 deduced amino acid sequenced encoded by SEQ ID NO 37 39 deduced complement of SEQ ID NO 37 40 Primer C-IgG330-F 41 Primer IgG-FWD1 42 Primer IgG-REV1 43 Primer IgG-REV2 44 Primer IgG-REV3 45 Primer IgG-REV4 46 Primer K9 IgG 5′ (F) 47 Primer Bly 822F 48 nCaIL-13Rα1483 partial 49 nCaIL-13Rα11547 partial CDS? CDS 1-1215 50 PCaIL-13Rα1405 translated sequence 51 RC 52 nCaIL-13Rα11215 coding for seq id no:3 CDS 1-1215 53 RC 54 nCaIL-13Rα2620 partial, 5′ end CDS 184-620 55 PCaIL-13Rα2145 translated sequence 56 RC 57 nCaIL-13Rα2878 partial, 3′ end CDS 1-765 58 PCaIL-13Rα2255 translated sequence 59 RC 60 nCaIL-13Rα21454 full length CDS 184-1341 61 P CaIL-13Rα2386 full length protein + signal sequence 62 reverse complement 63 nCaIL-13Rα21158 coding for PCaIL-13R□2386 CDS 1-1158 64 reverse complement 65 nCaIL-13Rα21095 full length minus signal sequence CDS 1-1095 66 PCaIL-13Rα2365 protein 67 RC 68 nCaIL-13Rα2954 extracellular portion of molecule CDS 1-954 69 PCaIL-13Rα2318 protein for extracellular portion 70 reverse complement 71 nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523 chimera 1686 CDS 1-1683 72 PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523 561 aa 73 reverse complement 74 nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325 chimera 1698 CDS 1-1695 75 PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325 565 aa 76 reverse complement 77 nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 chimera 1692 CDS 1-1689 78 PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 563 aa 79 reverse complement 80 nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8 chimera 1686 CDS 1-1683 81 PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8 561 aa 82 reverse complement 83 primer 13R1F1 84 primer 13R1R1 85 primer 13R2F1D GARATHAARGTNAAYCCNCCNCARGAYTTYG ARAT 86 primer 13R2F2D TAYAARGAYGGNTTCTGAYYTNAAYAARGGN ATHGA 87 primer 13R2R1D CCAYTCNSWCCADATNCCRTCRTCNGCRCART ADATRTTNACYTT 88 primer 13R2R2D GCRTGRTCNARNCCYTCRTACCA 89 primer 13R2F5 AGCGGATCCCTCTATGCTTTCAAATGCTGAGA TAAAAGTTAATCCTCCTCAGG 90 primer 13R2F2 TGGACATCACCACAAGGAAATCGGG 91 primer 13R2FcF 92 primer 13R2FcR2 93 primer cIgGFcF 94 primer cIgGFcR 95 murine IL-13R bc No. 5,710,023 seq id no:1 96 human IL-13R bc No. 5,710,023 seq id no:3 97 RC, murine IL-13R rc of seq id no:48 98 RC, human IL-13R rc of seq id no:49 99 primer 13R1F2 CTC TAC TAT TGG CAC AGC AGC CTG GGA 100 primer 13R1R2 AGT CAG AGC AAA GGA ACA ACC AAT GTG 101 primer 13R1F3 CCT CCC GAG GGA GCC AGC CCG 102 primer 13R1R3 CGG GCT GGC TCC CTC GGG AGG 103 primer 13R1F4 CAT GGT CCC CGG CGT TCT TCC 104 primer 13R1F5 GGT GAG AAT ACC GAC CCC ACG ¹These figures are the result of comparison of GenBank Accession Number E03345 with the sequences shown in the sequence listing.

Included within the scope of the present invention, with particular regard to the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, are allelic variants, degenerate sequences and other homologues. An allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule, including the particular SEQ ID NO's cited herein, is a gene that occurs at essentially the same locus (or loci) in the genome as the gene including the particular SEQ ID NO's cited herein, but which, due to natural variations caused by, for example, mutation or recombination, has a similar but not identical sequence. Also included in the term allelic variant are allelic variants of cDNAs derived from such genes. Because natural selection typically selects against alterations that affect function, allelic variants usually encode proteins having similar activity to that of the protein encoded by the gene to which they are being compared. Allelic variants of genes or nucleic acid molecules can also comprise alterations in the 5′ or 3′ untranslated regions of the gene (e.g., in regulatory control regions), or can involve alternative splicing of a nascent transcript, thereby bringing alternative exons into juxtaposition. Allelic variants are well known to those skilled in the art and would be expected to be found within a given animal, and/or among a group of two or more animals, since the respective genomes are diploid, and sexual reproduction will result in the reassortment of alleles. The present invention also includes homologues due to laboratory manipulation, such as, but not limited to, variants produced during polymerase chain reaction amplification or site directed mutagenesis. It is also well known that there is a substantial amount of redundancy in the various codons which code for specific amino acids. Therefore, this invention is also directed to those nucleic acid sequences which contain alternative codons which code for the same amino acid. Also included within the scope of this invention are homologues either in the nucleic acid sequence or the translated protein which do not substantially alter the ultimate physical properties of the expressed protein. For example, substitution of valine for leucine, arginine for lysine, or asparagine for glutamine may not cause a change in functionality of the protein.

In particular, there are provided isolated nucleic acid molecules, wherein said nucleic acid molecules comprise a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 55% identity to a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 7, and SEQ ID NO 13, wherein said identity can be determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(b) a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 95% identity to a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 10, and SEQ ID NO 16, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(c) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid sequence which has at least 40% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid sequence which has at least 90% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 11 and SEQ ID NO 17 wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(e) a nucleic acid sequence which is an allelic variant of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 10, SEQ ID NO 13, or SEQ ID NO 16; and

(f) a nucleic acid sequence fully complementary to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid sequence of (a), a nucleic acid sequence of (b), a nucleic acid sequence of (c), a nucleic acid sequence of (d), a nucleic acid sequence of (e), and a nucleic acid sequence of (f).

Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules, wherein said nucleic acid molecules comprise a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of

(a) a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 7, and SEQ ID NO 13, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(b) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(c) a nucleic acid sequence which is an allelic variant of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 7, and SEQ ID NO 13, and

(d) a nucleic acid sequence fully complementary to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid sequence of (a), a nucleic acid sequence of (b), and a nucleic acid sequence of (c).

Clone 3523 that encodes a full length canine IgG represents 95% of IgG populations in the dog spleen cell cDNA library. Clone 4325 that encodes entire constant region (C1γ, Cγ2 and Cγ3) of canine IgG and partial variable region (V_(H)) of the immunoglobulin consists of about 5% of IgG in the library. Two additional IgG clones, Bly8 and Bly9 that encode Cγ1, Cγ2 and Cγ3 domains of canine IgG, were identified from canine B-cell lymphoma samples and confirmed by PCR from the spleen cell cDNA library as well as cDNAs prepared from eleven dogs, although these two IgG sequences were not detected in screening the library with ³²P-labeled canine IgG DNA probes. The homology study indicates that the similarity among these four canine IgGs is between 72% to 85%. Over all similarity between IgG subclasses from canine, human and mouse is around 52-53%. Within the group of canine IgG, the difference among these IgG sequences is mainly in the hinge region of the molecules, although small difference also detected in Cγ2 and Cγ3. Evaluation of more than 200 canine IgG sequences from eighteen B-cell lymphoma samples and cDNAs prepared from samples of canine T-cell lymphoma shows that amino acid sequences of hinge region is highly conserved within each canine IgG subclass in samples from different dogs. However, the hinge region is quite diverse among different canine IgG subclasses with similarity around 19-35%. These results indicate that the unique sequence in hinge region is the nature of each canine IgG subclass, and not due to the polymorphism of canine IgGs.

Identification and characterization of four DNA sequences encoding different canine IgG subclasses will have broad applications in canine immunology research as well as in canine health care practices. The applications include that: (a) the invention will enable the raising of subclass specific monoclonal antibodies; (b) the information regarding each canine subclass will help in investigating the immunological functions of the IgGs in dogs that have different immunological status; (c) the outcome of (a) and (b) may have significant impacts in clinical applications such as identifying certain diseases and monitoring immunological status of dogs during the course of immuno-therapy; and (d) furthermore, the identification of DNA and amino acid sequences encoding different canine IgG subclasses will be important in engineering canine specific therapeutic agents, for example, caninization of specific antibodies or constructing immunoadhesins for certain diseases and immunological disorders.

Also provided for in the present invention are canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecules that includes one or more of the following nucleic acid sequences:

(a) the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1 and/or

(b) SEQ ID NO:49, and/or

(c) a complements of these nucleic acid sequences, i.e. SEQ ID NO:51 and/or SEQ ID NO:53, respectively.

These nucleic acid sequences are further described herein. For example, nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:48 represents the deduced nucleic acid sequence of a coding strand that encodes a partial (i.e. non-full length) IL-13Rα1 protein. SEQ ID NO:49 represents the deduced sequence of the coding strand of a canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇, the cloning of which is disclosed in the examples. The complement of SEQ ID NO:49, represented herein by SEQ ID NO:51, refers to the nucleic acid sequence of the strand that is fully complementary to the strand having SEQ ID NO:49, which can be easily be determined by those skilled in the art. Likewise, a nucleic acid sequence complement of any nucleic acid sequence of the present invention refers to the nucleic acid sequence of the nucleic acid strand that is fully complementary to, i.e. can form a complete double helix with, the strand for which the sequence is cited. It should be noted that since nucleic acid sequencing technology is not entirely error-free, SEQ ID NO:49, as well as other nucleic acid and protein sequences presented herein, represents an apparent nucleic acid sequence of the nucleic acid molecule encoding a IL-13Rα1 protein of the present invention.

The nucleic acid sequences of the coding strand and complementary strand of nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇ are represented herein as SEQ ID NO:49 and SEQ ID NO:51, respectively. Translation of SEQ ID NO:49 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇ encodes a non full-length PCaIL-13Rα1 protein of about 405 amino acids, denoted herein as PCa IL-13Rα1₄₀₅, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:50, assuming an open reading frame having an initiation codon spanning from nucleotide 1 through nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:49 and a stop codon spanning from nucleotide 1216 through nucleotide 1218 of SEQ ID NO:49. Translation of SEQ ID NO:49 yields SEQ ID NO:50 and a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule representing the region encoding PCa IL-13Rα1₄₀₅ is denoted herein as nCa IL-13Rα1₁₂₁₅, represented by SEQ ID NO:52 (coding strand) and SEQ ID NO:53 (complementary strand).

Another embodiment of the present invention is a canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule that includes one or more of the following nucleic acid sequences:

(a) the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63 and/or SEQ ID NO:65, and/or

(b) the respective complements of these nucleic acid sequences, i.e. SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:64 and/or SEQ ID NO:67, respectively.

These nucleic acid sequences are further described herein. For example, nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:54 and SEQ ID NO:57 encode partial length IL-13Rα2 proteins. SEQ ID NO:60 represents the deduced sequence of the coding strand of a canine cDNA, canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄ the cloning of which is disclosed in the examples.

The nucleic acid sequences of the coding strand and complementary strand of nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄ are represented herein as SEQ ID NO:60 and SEQ ID NO:62, respectively. Translation of SEQ ID NO:60 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄ encodes a full-length PCaIL-13Rα2 protein of about 386 amino acids, denoted herein as PCa IL-13Rα2₃₈₆, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:61, assuming an open reading frame having an initiation codon spanning from nucleotide 184 through nucleotide 186 of SEQ ID NO:60 and a stop codon spanning from nucleotide 1341 through nucleotide 1343 of SEQ ID NO:60. Translation of SEQ ID NO:60 yields SEQ ID NO:61, and a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule representing the region encoding PCa IL-13Rα2₃₈₆ is denoted herein as nCa IL-13Rα2₁₁₅₈, represented by SEQ ID NO:63 (coding strand) and SEQ ID NO:64 (complementary strand). Translation of the putative extracellular domain extending from about residue 22 to about residue 338 of SEQ ID NO:60, represented herein by SEQ ID NO:68 yields SEQ ID NO:69 encoding PCa IL-13Rα2₃₁₈ the protein of the extracellular domain. It is to be noted that SEQ ID NO:68 actually contains an ATG prior to the nucleotides encoding the extracellular domain; as such SEQ ID NO:69 represents the amino acids of the extracellular domain plus an initiation methionine. The natural extra-cellular domain of IL-13Rα2 is actually a 317 amino acid protein with an amino acid sequence spanning 2-318 of SEQ ID NO:69.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is an IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule that can be an allelic variant that includes a similar but not identical sequence to SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 and/or SEQ ID NO:53 and/or any other IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid sequence cited herein.

In another embodiment, an IL-13Raα2 nucleic acid molecule can be an allelic variant that includes a similar but not identical sequence to SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:70 and/or any other IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid sequence cited herein.

In one embodiment, an IL-13Rα1 proteins of the present invention is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising an apparent full-length IL-13Rα1 coding regions, i.e., a nucleic acid molecule encoding an apparent full-length IL-13Rα1 protein. Another embodiment of a preferred IL-13Rα1 protein is a fragment thereof encoded by a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein that includes the low affinity IL-13Rα1 binding site.

In another embodiment, a preferred IL-13Rα protein of the present invention is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising an apparent full-length IL-13Rα2 coding region, i.e., a nucleic acid molecules encoding an apparent full-length IL-13Rα2 protein. Another embodiment of a preferred IL-13Rα2 protein is a fragment thereof encoded by a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein that includes the high affinity IL-13 binding site.

One embodiment of the present invention is an isolated canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule. Preferred is an isolated canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule or an isolated canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule. Such a nucleic acid molecule can be RNA, DNA, or a modification thereof. An IL-13Rα nucleic acid of the present invention can be a full-length nucleic acid molecule of a homologue thereof. An IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule can be single stranded or double stranded. An IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can e full-length gene, a full-length mRNA or cDNA (complementary DNA) or any portion thereof. A preferred nucleic acid molecule encodes an IL-13Rα protein of the present invention. Such a nucleic acid molecule can encode a full-length protein, mature protein, extracellular domain, or any portion thereof.

It is known in the art that there are commercially available computer programs for determining the degree of similarity between two nucleic acid sequences. These computer programs include various known methods to determine the percentage identity and the number and length of gaps between hybrid nucleic acid molecules. Preferred methods to determine the percent identity among amino acid sequences and also among nucleic acid sequences include analysis using one or more of the commercially available computer programs designed to compare and analyze nucleic acid or amino acid sequences. These computer programs include, but are not limited to, GCG™ (available from Genetics Computer Group, Madison, Wis.), DNAsis™ (available from Hitachi Software, San Bruno, Calif.) and MacVector™ (available from the Eastman Kodak Company, New Haven, Conn.). A preferred method to determine percent identity among amino acid sequences and also among nucleic acid sequences includes using the Compare function by maximum matching within the program DNAsis Version 2.1 using default parameters. A nucleic acid sequence of the present invention may have at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, and more preferably at least 95%, or even more preferably 100% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule in the sequence listing.

Additional preferred canine IgG nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is preferably at least about at least 45% identical, more preferably about at least 50% identical, more preferably about at least 55% identical, more preferably about at least 60% identical, more preferably about at least 65% identical, more preferably about at least 70% identical, more preferably about at least 75% identical, more preferably about at least 80% identical, more preferably about at least 85% identical, more preferably about at least 90% identical and even more preferably about at least 95% identical to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the exemplified sequences (e.g. SEQ ID Nos 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37). Hinge region sequences preferred are those exemplified (e.g. SEQ ID Nos 1, 7, 13, 22). Heavy chain IgG-encoding nucleic acid sequences are are preferred, with the exemplified sequences being most preferred (e.g. SEQ ID Nos 4, 10, 16, 19, 28, 31, 34 and 37). Light chain canine IgG sequences are also provided, particularly those exemplified (e.g. SEQ ID NO 25). Particularly preferred are nucleic acid molecules comprising the exemplified sequences. Also preferred are fragments of any of such nucleic acid molecules. Percent identity may be determined using the Compare function by maximum matching within the program DNAsis Version 2.1 using default parameters.

Stringent hybridization conditions are determined based on defined physical properties of the nucleic acid molecule to which the nucleic acid molecule to be compared is being hybridized, and can be defined mathematically. Stringent hybridization conditions are those experimental parameters that allow an individual skilled in the art to identify significant similarities between heterologous nucleic acid molecules. These conditions are well known to those skilled in the art. See, for example, Sambrook, et al., 1989, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Labs Press, and Meinkoth, et al., 1984, Anal. Biochem. 138, 267-284, each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. As explained in detail in the cited references, the determination of hybridization conditions involves the manipulation of a set of variables including the ionic strength (M, in moles/liter), the hybridization temperature (° C.), the concentration of nucleic acid helix destabilizing agents (such as formamide), the average length of the shortest hybrid duplex (n), and the percent G+C composition of the fragment to which an unknown nucleic acid molecule is being hybridized. For nucleic acid molecules of at least about at least 150 nucleotides, these variables are inserted into a standard mathematical formula to calculate the melting temperature, or T_(m), of a given nucleic acid molecule. As defined in the formula below, T_(m) is the temperature at which two complementary nucleic acid molecule strands will disassociate, assuming 100% complementarity between the two strands: T_(m)=81.5° C.+16.6 log M+0.41(% G+C)−500/n−0.61(% formamide). For nucleic acid molecules smaller than about 50 nucleotides, hybrid stability is defined by the dissociation temperature (T_(d)), which is defined as the temperature at which 50% of the duplexes dissociate. For these smaller molecules, the stability at a standard ionic strength is defined by the following equation: T_(d)=4(G+C)+2(A+T). A temperature of 5° C. below T_(d) is used to detect hybridization between perfectly matched molecules.

Hybridization reactions are often carried out by attaching the nucleic acid molecule to be hybridized to a solid support such as a membrane, and then hybridizing with a labeled nucleic acid molecule, typically referred to as a probe, suspended in a hybridization solution. Examples of common hybridization reaction techniques include, but are not limited to, the well-known Southern and northern blotting procedures. Typically, the actual hybridization reaction is done under non-stringent conditions, e.g., at a lower temperature and/or a higher salt concentration, and then high stringency is achieved by washing the membrane in a solution with a higher temperature and/or lower salt concentration in order to achieve the desired stringency.

For example, if the skilled artisan wished to identify a nucleic acid molecule that hybridized under stringent hybridization conditions with a canine nucleic acid molecule of about 150 bp in length, the following conditions could preferably be used. The average G+C content of canine genome is about 53%. The unknown nucleic acid molecules would be attached to a support membrane, and the 150 bp probe would be labeled, e.g. with a radioactive tag. The hybridization reaction could be carried out in a solution comprising 2×SSC and 0% formamide, at a temperature of about 37° C. (low stringency conditions). Solutions of differing concentrations of SSC can be made by one of skill in the art by diluting a stock solution of 20×SSC (175.3 gram NaCl and about 88.2 gram sodium citrate in 1 liter of water, pH 7) to obtain the desired concentration of SSC. In order to achieve high stringency hybridization, the skilled artisan would calculate the washing conditions required to allow up to 30% base-pair mismatch. For example, in a wash solution comprising 1×SSC and 0% formamide, the T_(m) of perfect hybrids would be about 86.3° C.:

81.5° C.+16.6 log (0.15M)+(0.41×53)−(500/150)−(0.61×0)=86.3° C.

The present invention also includes nucleic acid molecules that are oligonucleotides capable of hybridizing, under stringent hybridization conditions, with complementary regions of other, preferably longer, nucleic acid molecules of the present invention such as those comprising canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) genes or other canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules. Oligonucleotides of the present invention can be RNA, DNA, or derivatives of either. The minimum size of such oligonucleotides is the size required for formation of a stable hybrid between an oligonucleotide and a complementary sequence on a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Minimal size characteristics are disclosed herein. The present invention includes oligonucleotides that can be used as, for example, probes to identify nucleic acid molecules, primers to produce nucleic acid molecules. The present invention also includes the use of such oligonucleotides to protect animals from disease using one or more of such technologies. Appropriate oligonucleotide-containing therapeutic compositions can be administered to an animal using techniques known to those skilled in the art.

Also well known to those skilled in the art is how base-pair mismatch, e.g. differences between two nucleic acid molecules being compared, including non-complementarity of bases at a given location, and gaps due to insertion or deletion of one or more bases at a given location on either of the nucleic acid molecules being compared, will affect T_(m) or T_(d) for nucleic acid molecules of different sizes. For example, T_(m) decreases about 1° C. for each 1% of mismatched base-pairs for hybrids greater than about 150 bp, and T_(d) decreases about 5° C. for each mismatched base-pair for hybrids below about 50 bp. Conditions for hybrids between about 50 and about 150 base-pairs can be determined empirically and without undue experimentation using standard laboratory procedures well known to those skilled in the art. These simple procedures allow one skilled in the art to set the hybridization conditions (by altering, for example, the salt concentration, the formamide concentration or the temperature) so that only nucleic acid hybrids with less than a specified % base-pair mismatch will hybridize. Stringent hybridization conditions are commonly understood by those skilled in the art to be those experimental conditions that will allow hybridization between molecules having about 30% or less base-pair mismatch (e.g., about 70% or greater identity). Because one skilled in the art can easily determine whether a given nucleic acid molecule to be tested is less than or greater than about 50 nucleotides, and can therefore choose the appropriate formula for determining hybridization conditions, he or she can determine whether the nucleic acid molecule will hybridize with a given gene under stringent hybridization conditions and similarly whether the nucleic acid molecule will hybridized under conditions designed to allow a desired amount of base pair mismatch.

Thus, based on the equation given previously, to achieve hybridization with nucleic acid molecules having about 30% base-pair mismatch, hybridization washes would be carried out at a temperature of about 56.3° C. It is thus within the skill of one in the art to calculate additional hybridization temperatures based on the desired percentage base-pair mismatch, formulae and G/C content disclosed herein. For example, it is appreciated by one skilled in the art that as the nucleic acid molecule to be tested for hybridization against nucleic acid molecules of the present invention having sequences specified herein becomes longer than 150 nucleotides, the T_(m) for a hybridization reaction allowing up to 30% base-pair mismatch will not vary significantly from 56.3° C.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a preferred canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecule includes an isolated nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes under conditions which preferably allow about 50% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 45% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 40% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 35% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 30% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 25% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 20% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 15% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 10% or less base pair mismatch and even more preferably under conditions which allow about 5% or less base pair mismatch with a nucleic acid molecule selected from the exemplified compounds.

The present invention also provides isolated nucleic acid molecules, wherein said nucleic acid molecules comprise a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 70 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 7 and SEQ ID NO 13.

(b) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 350 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 10, and SEQ ID NO 16

(c) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 450 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 19,

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid comprising at least 20 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14,

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid comprising at least 100 contiguous residues of the sequence selected from the sequences shown in SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 11, and SEQ ID NO 17,

(e) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid comprising at least 200 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 20,

(f) a nucleic acid sequence fully complementary to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid sequence of (a), a nucleic acid sequence of (b), a nucleic acid sequence of (c), a nucleic acid sequence of (d), a nucleic acid sequence of (e), and a nucleic acid sequence of (f).

Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules, wherein said nucleic acid molecules comprise a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of

(a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 150 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, and SEQ ID NO 13.

(b) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 500 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 10, and SEQ ID NO 16

(c) a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 700 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 19,

(d) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid comprising at least 50 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14,

(e) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid comprising at least 200 contiguous residues of the sequence selected from the sequences shown in SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 11, and SEQ ID NO 17,

(f) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an amino acid comprising at least 300 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 20,

(g) a nucleic acid sequence fully complementary to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid sequence of (a), a nucleic acid sequence of (b), a nucleic acid sequence of (c), a nucleic acid sequence of (d), a nucleic acid sequence of (e), a nucleic acid sequence of (f), and a nucleic acid sequence of (g).

Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules, wherein said nucleic acid molecules comprise a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of

(a) a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ D NO 10, SEQ ID NO 13, SEQ ID NO 16, and SEQ ID NO 19,

(b) a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 111, SEQ ID NO 14, SEQ ID NO 17, and SEQ ID NO 20,

(c) a nucleic acid sequence fully complementary to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid sequence of (a), and a nucleic acid sequence of (b).

Another embodiment of the present invention is a preferred canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule that includes a isolated nucleic acid molecule of at least 75 nucleotides in length or (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 10% base pair mismatch, and even more preferably under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 5% base pair mismatch with a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 and/or SEQ ID NO:53, and/or a fragment thereof having at least 80 nucleotides.

Preferred canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecules of the present invention include nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is preferably at least about 90%, more preferably at least about 92%, more preferably about 94%, more preferably about 96%, and even more preferably at least about 98% identical to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 and/or SEQ ID NO:53. Also preferred are fragments of any of such nucleic acid molecules, particularly those that are at least about 80 nucleotides, at least about 85 nucleotides, at least about 90 nucleotides, at least about 95 nucleotides, at least about 100 nucleotides, at least about 120 nucleotides, at least about 140 nucleotides, at least about 160 nucleotides, at least about 180 nucleotides, at least about 200 nucleotides, at least about 250 nucleotides, at least about 300 nucleotides, at least about 350 nucleotides, or at least about 400 nucleotides at least about 500 nucleotides, at least about 600 nucleotides, at least about 700 nucleotides, at least about 800 nucleotides, at least about 900 nucleotides, at least about 1000 nucleotides, at least about 1100 nucleotides, at least about 1300 nucleotides, or at least about 1500 nucleotides. Percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10.

One embodiment of the present invention is a canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule that includes an isolated nucleic acid molecule of at least 75 nucleotides that hybridizes under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 10% base pair mismatch, and even more preferably under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 5% base pair mismatch with a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 and/or SEQ ID NO:53, and/or a fragment thereof having at least 80 nucleotides. Also preferred are fragments of at least 85, at least 90, at least 95, at least 100, at least 110, at least 120, at least 140, at least 160, at least 180, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 450, at least 500, at least 550, at least 600, at least 650, at least 700, at least 750, at least 800, at least 850, at least 900, at least 950, at least 1000, at least 1100, at least 1200, at least 1300, at least 1400, at least 1500, or at least 1600 nucleotides in length.

Preferred canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecules of the present invention include nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is preferably at least about 90%, more preferably at least about 92%, more preferably about 94%, more preferably about 96%, and even more preferably at least about 98% identical to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52 and/or SEQ ID NO:53. Also preferred are oligonucleotides of any of such nucleic acid molecules, particularly those that are at least about 80 nucleotides. Percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10.

Another embodiment of a canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is

(a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of: (i) a protein that is at least 85, at least 90, at least 95, or at least 100 percent identical in sequence to amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50, wherein said percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10; and (ii) a protein comprising a fragment of at least 45 contiguous amino acids identical in sequence to an at least 45 contiguous amino acid sequence of a protein of (a);

(b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein that comprises an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region of SEQ ID NO:50; and

(c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule fully complementary to any of the nucleic acid molecules of (a) or (b). Also preferred are fragments that are at least 50, at least 55, at least 60, at least 65, at least 70, at least 75, at least 80, at least 85, at least 90, at least 95, at least 100, at least 120, at least 140, at least 160, at least 180, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 450, at least 500, or at least 550 amino acids in length.

One embodiment of the present invention is an IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule that includes at least one of the following: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule including at least 40 contiguous nucleotides identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous nucleotide region of at least one of the following nucleic acid sequences: SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:70; and (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule including a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 80, at least 85, at least 90, at least 95, at least 100 percent identical in sequence to at least one of the following nucleic acid sequences: SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:70, and a fragment thereof, wherein the fragment is at least 50 nucleotides in length, and wherein percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10. In one embodiment, each of these nucleic acid molecule is a canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule. In another embodiment, such nucleic acid molecules do not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98. In one embodiment, such nucleic acid molecules do not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 52° C. in 5×SSC followed by washing at 52° C. in 2×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98, unless detection of hybridization requires a long time to detect, for example, because the signal is so low as to resemble background. Also preferred are fragments that are at least 45, at least 55, at least 60, at least 65, at least 70, at least 75, at least 80, at least 85, at least 90, at least 95, at least 100, at least 120, at least 140, at least 160, at least 180, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 450, at least 500, at least 550, at least 600, at least 650, at least 700, at least 750, at least 800, at least 850, at least 900, at least 950, at least 1000, at least 1100, at least 1200, at least 1300, at least 1400, at least 1500, or at least 1600 nucleotides in length.

One embodiment of the present invention is a canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 20% base pair mismatch, preferably under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 15% base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 10% base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow less than or equal to about 5% base pair mismatch with a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:70.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of: (i) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 70, at least 75, at least 80, at least 85, at least 90, at least 95 or at least 100 percent identical in sequence to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69, wherein percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10, and ii) a protein comprising a fragment of at least 40 contiguous amino acids identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid sequence of a protein of (a)(i); (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein that comprises an at least 30 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 30 contiguous amino acid region of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69; and (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule fully complementary to any of the nucleic acid molecules of (a) or (b). In one embodiment, each of these nucleic acid molecule is a canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule. In another embodiment, such nucleic acid molecules do not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98. In one embodiment, such nucleic acid molecules do not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 52° C. in 5×SSC followed by washing at 52° C. in 2×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98, unless detection of hybridization requires a long time to detect, for example, because the signal is so low as to resemble background. Also preferred are fragments that are at least 45, at least 50, at least 55, at least 60, at least 65, at least 70, at least 75, at least 80, at least 85, at least 90, at least 95, at least 100, at least 120, at least 140, at least 160, at least 180, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 450, at least 500, or at least 550 amino acids in length.

Another embodiment of the present invention, as discussed elsewhere herein, is a chimeric nucleic acid molecule that includes a nucleic acid molecule encoding a carrier protein domain and a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CaIL-13Rα protein domain. A nucleic acid molecule encoding a CaIL-13Rα protein domain can be any CaIL-13Rα protein-encoding nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, including any CaIL-13Rα1 protein-encoding nucleic acid molecule of the present invention or any CaIL-13Rα2 protein-encoding nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. The present invention also includes nucleic acid molecules fully complementary to the coding strands of such chimeric nucleic acid molecules.

One embodiment of the present invention is a nucleic acid molecule comprising all or part of nucleic acid molecules nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃, nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇, nCaIL-13Rα1₁₂₁₅, nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀, nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₁₅₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₀₉₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8, or allelic variants of any of these nucleic acid molecules. As such, a preferred nucleic acid molecule of the present invention includes at least a portion of nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:68, SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:77 and/or SEQ ID NO:80 as well as allelic variant of any of these listed nucleic acid molecules. Also included in the present invention are other homologs of nucleic acid molecules having these nucleic acid sequences; preferably such a homolog encodes or is complementary to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes at least one epitope that elicits an immune response against a protein having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58,SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78 and/or SEQ ID NO:81. Such nucleic acid molecules can include nucleotides in addition to those included in the SEQ ID NOs, such as, but not limited to, a full-length gene, a full-length coding region, a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion protein, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a multivalent protective compound, such as a multivalent vaccine. The present invention also includes nucleic acid molecules that have been modified to accommodate codon usage properties of the cells in which such nucleic acid molecules are to be expressed.

In another embodiment, a preferred canine IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule encodes a IL-13Rα1 protein at least about 45 amino acids, at least about 100 amino acids, at least about 120 amino acids, at least about 150 amino acids, at least about 170 amino acids, at least about 190 amino acids, at least about 210 amino acids in length, at least about 250 amino acids in length, at least about 350 amino acids in length, or about 405 amino acids in length.

In another embodiment, a preferred canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule encodes a IL-13Rα2 protein at least about 40 amino acids, at least about 100 amino acids, at least about 120 amino acids, at least about 150 amino acids, at least about 170 amino acids, at least about 190 amino acids, at least about 210 amino acids in length, at least about 250 amino acids in length, at least about 350 amino acids in length, or about 386 amino acids in length.

A preferred canine nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes at least a portion of a canine IL-13Rα2 protein that is capable of binding to IL-13Rα2 ligand(s) as disclosed herein. Preferably, such a nucleic acid molecule encodes a protein having SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and/or SEQ ID NO:69, or allelic variants thereof.

The present invention also includes nucleic acid molecules that are oligonucleotides capable of hybridizing, under stringent hybridization conditions, with complementary regions of other, preferably longer, canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. Oligonucleotides of the present invention can be RNA, DNA, or derivatives of either. The minimum size of such oligonucleotides is the size required for formation of a stable hybrid between an oligonucleotide and a complementary sequence on a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, typically from about 12 to 15 to about 17 to 18 nucleotides depending on the GC/AT content. A preferred oligonucleotide of the present invention has a maximum size of from about 100 to about 200 nucleotides. The present invention includes oligonucleotides that can be used as, for example, probes to identify nucleic acid molecules, primers to produce nucleic acid molecules, or therapeutic reagents to inhibit canine IL-13Rα protein production or activity, e.g., as antisense-, triplex formation-, ribozyme- and/or RNA drug-based reagents. The present invention also includes the use of such oligonucleotides to protect animals from disease using one or more of such technologies. Appropriate oligonucleotide-containing therapeutic compositions can be administered to an animal using techniques known to those skilled in the art.

Knowing the nucleic acid sequences of certain canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules and canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules of the present invention allows one skilled in the art to, for example, (a) make copies of those nucleic acid molecules, (b) obtain nucleic acid molecules including at least a portion of such nucleic acid molecules (e.g., nucleic acid molecules including full-length genes, full-length coding regions, regulatory control sequences, truncated coding regions), (c) obtain canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules from other species, and (d) construct fusion nucleic acid molecules comprising canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid sequences. Such nucleic acid molecules can be obtained in a variety of ways including screening appropriate expression libraries with antibodies of the present invention; traditional cloning techniques using oligonucleotide probes of the present invention to screen appropriate libraries of DNA; and PCR amplification of appropriate libraries or DNA using oligonucleotide primers of the present invention. Preferred libraries to screen or from which to amplify nucleic acid molecules include canine cDNA libraries as well as genomic DNA libraries. Similarly, preferred DNA sources to screen or from which to amplify nucleic acid molecules include canine adult cDNA and genomic DNA. Techniques to clone and amplify genes are disclosed, for example, in Sambrook et al., ibid.

One embodiment of the present invention includes a recombinant vector, which includes at least one isolated nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, inserted into any vector capable of delivering the nucleic acid molecule into a host cell. Such a vector contains heterologous nucleic acid sequences, that is nucleic acid sequences that are not naturally found adjacent to nucleic acid molecules of the present invention and that preferably are derived from a species other than the species from which the nucleic acid molecule(s) are derived. The vector can be either RNA or DNA, either prokaryotic or eukaryotic, and typically is a virus or a plasmid. Recombinant vectors can be used in the cloning, sequencing, and/or otherwise manipulation of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

One type of recombinant vector, referred to herein as a recombinant molecule, comprises a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention operatively linked to an expression vector. The phrase “operatively linked” refers to insertion of a nucleic acid molecule into an expression vector in a manner such that the molecule is able to be expressed when transformed into a host cell. As used herein, an expression vector is a DNA or RNA vector that is capable of transforming a host cell and of effecting expression of a specified nucleic acid molecule. Preferably, the expression vector is also capable of replicating within the host cell. Expression vectors can be either prokaryotic or eukaryotic, and are typically viruses or plasmids. Expression vectors of the present invention include any vectors that function (e.g., direct gene expression) in recombinant cells of the present invention, including in bacterial, fungal, endoparasite, insect, other animal, and plant cells. Preferred expression vectors of the present invention can direct gene expression in bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian cells and more preferably in the cell types disclosed herein.

In particular, recombinant molecules of the present invention contain regulatory sequences such as transcription control sequences, translation control sequences, origins of replication, and other regulatory sequences that are compatible with the recombinant cell and that control the expression of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. In particular, recombinant molecules of the present invention include transcription control sequences. Transcription control sequences are sequences which control the initiation, elongation, and termination of transcription. Particularly important transcription control sequences are those which control transcription initiation, such as promoter, enhancer, operator and repressor sequences. Suitable transcription control sequences include any transcription control sequence that can function in at least one of the recombinant cells of the present invention. A variety of such transcription control sequences are known to those skilled in the art. Preferred transcription control sequences include those which function in bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian cells, such as, but not limited to, tac, lac, trp, trc, oxy-pro, omp/lpp, rrnB, bacteriophage lambda (such as lambda P_(L) and lambda P_(R) and fusions that include such promoters), bacteriophage T7, T7lac, bacteriophage T3, bacteriophage SP6, bacteriophage SP01, metallothionein, alpha-mating factor, Pichia alcohol oxidase, alphavirus subgenomic promoters (such as Sindbis virus subgenomic promoters), antibiotic resistance gene, baculovirus, Heliothis zea insect virus, vaccinia virus, herpesvirus, raccoon poxvirus, other poxvirus, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus (such as intermediate early promoters), simian virus 40, retrovirus, actin, retroviral long terminal repeat, Rous sarcoma virus, heat shock, phosphate and nitrate transcription control sequences as well as other sequences capable of controlling gene expression in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Additional suitable transcription control sequences include tissue-specific promoters and enhancers as well as lymphokine-inducible promoters (e.g., promoters inducible by interferons or interleukins). Transcription control sequences of the present invention can also include naturally occurring transcription control sequences naturally associated with dogs.

Suitable and preferred nucleic acid molecules to include in recombinant vectors of the present invention are as disclosed herein. Preferred nucleic acid molecules to include in recombinant vectors include canine IgG, and fragments thereof, canine IL-13Rα as well as fusions of canine IgG and canineIL-13Rα nucleic acid sequences. Particularly preferred nucleic acid molecules to include in recombinant vectors, and particularly in recombinant molecules, include nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃, nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇, nCaIL-13Rα1₁₂₁₅, nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀, nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₁₅₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₀₉₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9,and nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8.

Recombinant molecules of the present invention may also (a) contain secretory signals (e.g., signal segment nucleic acid sequences) to enable an expressed canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein and/or canine IL-13Rα proteins of the present invention to be secreted from the cell that produces the protein and/or (b) contain fusion sequences which lead to the expression of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention as fusion proteins. Examples of suitable signal segments include any signal segment capable of directing the secretion of a protein of the present invention. Preferred signal segments include, but are not limited to, tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), interferon, interleukin, growth hormone, histocompatibility and viral envelope glycoprotein signal segments, as well as natural signal segments. Suitable fusion segments encoded by fusion segment nucleic acids are disclosed herein. In addition, a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be joined to a fusion segment that directs the encoded protein to the proteosome, such as a ubiquitin fusion segment. Recombinant molecules may also include intervening and/or untranslated sequences surrounding and/or within the nucleic acid sequences of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

Another embodiment of the present invention includes a recombinant cell comprising a host cell transformed with one or more nucleic acid molecules or recombinant molecules of the present invention. Transformation of a nucleic acid molecule into a cell can be accomplished by any method by which a nucleic acid molecule can be inserted into the cell. Transformation techniques include, but are not limited to, transfection, electroporation, microinjection, lipofection, adsorption, and protoplast fusion. A recombinant cell may remain unicellular or may grow into a tissue, organ or a multicellular organism. It is to be noted that a cell line refers to any recombinant cell of the present invention that is not a transgenic animal. Transformed nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can remain extrachromosomal or can integrate into one or more sites within a chromosome of the transformed, i.e., recombinant, cell in such a manner that their ability to be expressed is retained.

Preferred nucleic acid molecules with which to transform a cell include canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules and/or fusions of said nucleic acid molecules disclosed herein. Particularly preferred nucleic acid molecules with which to transform a cell include nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃, nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇, nCaIL-13Rα1₁₂₁₅, nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀, nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₁₅₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₁₀₉₈, nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9, and nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8.

Recombinant DNA technologies can be used to improve expression of transformed nucleic acid molecules by manipulating, for example, the number of copies of the nucleic acid molecules within a host cell, the efficiency with which those nucleic acid molecules are transcribed, the efficiency with which the resultant transcripts are translated, and the efficiency of post-translational modifications. Recombinant techniques useful for increasing the expression of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention include, but are not limited to, operatively linking nucleic acid molecules to high-copy number plasmids, integration of the nucleic acid molecules into one or more host cell chromosomes, addition of vector stability sequences to plasmids, substitutions or modifications of transcription control signals (e.g., promoters, operators, enhancers), substitutions or modifications of translational control signals (e.g., ribosome binding sites, Shine-Dalgarno sequences), modification of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention to correspond to the codon usage of the host cell, deletion of sequences that destabilize transcripts, and use of control signals that temporally separate recombinant cell growth from recombinant enzyme production during fermentation. The activity of an expressed recombinant protein of the present invention may be improved by fragmenting, modifying, or derivatizing nucleic acid molecules encoding such a protein.

Also provided by the present invention are recombinant cells transformed with a nucleic acid described herein. Suitable host cells to transform include any cell that can be transformed with a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Host cells can be either untransformed cells or cells that are already transformed with at least one nucleic acid molecule (e.g., nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more proteins of the present invention and/or other proteins useful in the production of multivalent vaccines). Host cells of the present invention either can be endogenously (e.g., naturally) capable of producing canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Ra proteins of the present invention or can be capable of producing such proteins after being transformed with at least one nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Host cells of the present invention can be any cell capable of producing at least one protein of the present invention, and include bacterial, fungal (including yeast), other insect, other animal and plant cells. Preferred host cells include bacterial, mycobacterial, yeast, parasite, insect and mammalian cells. More preferred host cells include Salmonella, Escherichia, Bacillus, Listeria, Saccharomyces, Spodoptera, Mycobacteria, Trichoplusia, BHK (baby hamster kidney) cells, MDCK cells (normal dog kidney cell line for canine herpesvirus cultivation), CRFK cells (normal cat kidney cell line for canine herpesvirus cultivation), CV-1 cells (African monkey kidney cell line used, for example, to culture raccoon poxvirus), COS (e.g., COS-7) cells, and Vero cells. Particularly preferred host cells are Escherichia coli, including E. coli K-12 derivatives; Salmonella typhi; Salmonella typhimurium, including attenuated strains such as UK-1 _(x)3987 and SR-11 _(x)4072; Spodoptera frugiperda; Trichoplusia ni; BHK cells; MDCK cells; CRFK cells; CV-1 cells; COS cells; Vero cells; and non-tumorIgGnic mouse myoblast G8 cells (e.g., ATCC CRL 1246). Additional appropriate mammalian cell hosts include other kidney cell lines, other fibroblast cell lines (e.g., human, murine or chicken embryo fibroblast cell lines), myeloma cell lines, Chinese hamster ovary cells, mouse NIH/3T3 cells, LMTK³¹ cells and/or HeLa cells. In one embodiment, the proteins may be expressed in myeloma cell lines employing immunoglobulin promoters.

A recombinant cell is preferably produced by transforming a host cell with one or more recombinant molecules, each comprising one or more nucleic acid molecules of the present invention operatively linked to an expression vector containing one or more transcription control sequences. A recombinant molecule of the present invention is a molecule that can include at least one of any nucleic acid molecule heretofore described operatively linked to at least one of any transcription control sequence capable of effectively regulating expression of the nucleic acid molecule(s) in the cell to be transformed, examples of which are disclosed herein.

Recombinant cells of the present invention can also be co-transformed with one or more recombinant molecules including canine IgG and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more proteins of the present invention and one or more other nucleic acid molecules encoding other compounds. Suitable and preferred nucleic acid molecules as well as suitable and preferred recombinant molecules with which to transform cells are disclosed herein.

Another embodiment of the present invention are isolated canine IgG proteins, wherein said proteins comprise an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of”

(a) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 7, and SEQ ID NO 13, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters,

(b) an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14, wherein said identity is determined using the DNAsis computer program and default parameters, and

(c) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which is an allelic variant of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 7, and SEQ ID NO 13.

Also provided are canine IgG proteins, wherein said proteins comprise an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:

(a) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 70 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, and SEQ ID NO 13.

(b) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 350 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 10, and SEQ ID NO 16

(c) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 450 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 19,

(d) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 10, SEQ ID NO 13, SEQ ID NO 16, and SEQ ID NO 19,

(e) an amino acid comprising at least 20 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14,

(f) an amino acid comprising at least 100 contiguous residues of the sequence selected from the sequences shown in SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 11, and SEQ ID NO 17,

(g) an amino acid comprising at least 200 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 20,

(h) an amino acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 11, SEQ ID NO 14, SEQ ID NO 17, and SEQ ID NO 19.

Moreover, there are provided isolated proteins, wherein said proteins comprise an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:

(a) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 150 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, and SEQ ID NO 13.

(b) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 500 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 10, and SEQ ID NO 16

(c) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 700 contiguous nucleotides of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 19,

(d) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 10, SEQ ID NO 13, SEQ ID NO 16, and SEQ ID NO 19,

(e) an amino acid comprising at least 50 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 2, and SEQ ID NO 14,

(f) an amino acid comprising at least 200 contiguous residues of the sequence selected from the sequences shown in SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 1, and SEQ ID NO 17,

(g) an amino acid comprising at least 300 contiguous residues of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 20,

(h) an amino acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 2,SEQ ID NO 5,SEQ ID NO 8,SEQ ID NO 1,SEQ ID NO 14, SEQ ID NO 17, and SEQ ID NO 19.

Proteins which would result from expression of the nucleic acid molecules herein disclosed are preferred, with the proteins which would result from expression of the exemplified nucleic acid molecules being most preferred (e.g. SEQ ID Nos 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, and 38). Hinge region canine IgG proteins are provided, especially those exemplified (e.g. SEQ ID Nos 2, 8, 14, and 23). Heavy chain canine IgG proteins are also provided, especially those exemplified (e.g. SEQ ID Nos 5, 11, 17, 20, 29, 32, 35, and 38).Light chain sequences are also provided, especially those exemplified (e.g. SEQ ID NO 26). It is understood that proteins which result from expression of allelic variants of the exemplified sequences.

According to the present invention, a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein of the present invention refers to: a heavy or light chain of canine IgG protein; a heavy or light chain of canine IgG homolog; or a heavy or light chain of canine IgG peptide. Preferably, a heavy chain of canine IgG protein binds to the hinge regions, elicits immune (e.g. antibody) response, induces complement, binds to Fcgamma receptor, etc. In the present invention, a “protein” includes sequences, homologues, fragments (e.g. peptides).

A canine IgG heavy chain protein of the present invention, including a homolog, can be identified in a straight-forward manner by the protein's ability to bind to anti-canine IgG antibodies. Examples of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein homologs include canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) proteins in which amino acids have been deleted (e.g., a truncated version of the protein, such as a peptide), inserted, inverted, substituted and/or derivatized (e.g., by glycosylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, myristoylation, prenylation, palmitoylation, amidation and/or addition of glycerophosphatidyl inositol) such that the homolog is capable of binding to anti-canine IgG antibodies.

In another embodiment, a preferred canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein includes a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under conditions which preferably allow about 35% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 30% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 25% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 20% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 15% or less base pair mismatch, more preferably under conditions which allow about 10% or less base pair mismatch, and even more preferably under conditions which allow about 5% or less base pair mismatch with a nucleic acid molecule selected from the exemplified nucleic acid molecules.

Another embodiment of the present invention includes a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes, in a solution comprising 1×SSC and 0% formamide, at a temperature of about 56° C., to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the exemplified nucleic acid sequences; and a nucleic acid molecule comprising a fragment of any of said nucleic acid molecules.

Yet another preferred canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein of the present invention includes a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule which is preferably about at least 45% identical, more preferably about at least 50% identical, more preferably about at least 55% identical, more preferably about at least 60% identical, more preferably about at least 65% identical, more preferably about at least 70% identical, more preferably about at least 75% identical, more preferably about at least 80% identical, more preferably about at least 85% identical, more preferably about at least 90% identical and even more preferably about at least 95% identical, more preferably 100% identical to a presently-disclosed nucleic acid molecule, and/or fragments of such proteins. Percent identity as used herein is determined using the Compare function by maximum matching within the program DNAsis Version 2.1 using default parameters.

Preferred heavy chain canine IgG proteins of the present invention include proteins comprising amino acid sequences that are at least about 40%, particularly at least about 50%, preferably at least about 55%, more preferably at least about 60%, even more preferably at least about 65%, even more preferably at least about 70%, even more preferably at least about 75%, even more preferably at least about 80%, even more preferably at least about 85%, even more preferably at least about 90%, and even more preferably at least about 95%, identical to amino acid sequence exemplified herein.

The canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein homologs can be the result of natural allelic variation or natural mutation. Canine IgG protein homologs of the present invention can also be produced using techniques known in the art including, but not limited to, direct modifications to the protein or modifications to the gene encoding the protein using, for example, classic or recombinant nucleic acid techniques to effect random or targeted mutagenesis.

The minimal size of an IgG protein homolog of the present invention is a size sufficient to be encoded by a nucleic acid molecule capable of forming a stable hybrid (e.g., hybridize under stringent hybridization conditions) with the complementary sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the corresponding natural protein. As such, the size of the nucleic acid molecule encoding such a protein homolog is dependent on nucleic acid composition and percent homology between the nucleic acid molecule and complementary sequence. It should also be noted that the extent of homology required to form a stable hybrid can vary depending on whether the homologous sequences are interspersed throughout the nucleic acid molecules or are clustered (e.g., localized) in distinct regions on the nucleic acid molecules. The minimal size of such nucleic acid molecules is typically at least about 12 to about 15 nucleotides in length if the nucleic acid molecules are GC-rich and at least about 15 to about 17 bases in length if they are AT-rich. As such, the minimal size of a nucleic acid molecule used to encode a heavy chain of canine IgG protein homolog of the present invention is from about 12 to about 18 nucleotides in length. Thus, the minimal size of a heavy chain of canine IgG protein homolog of the present invention is from about 4 to about 6 amino acids in length. There is no limit, other than a practical limit, on the maximal size of such a nucleic acid molecule in that the nucleic acid molecule can include gene, an entire gene, multiple genes, or portions thereof. The preferred size of a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention depends on whether a full-length, fusion, multivalent, or functional portion of such a protein is desired.

The present invention also includes mimetopes of heavy chain of canine IgG proteins of the present invention. As used herein, a mimetope of a heavy chain of canine IgG protein of the present invention refers to any compound that is able to mimic the activity of such a heavy chain of canine IgG protein (e.g., ability to bind to anti-canine antibodies), often because the mimetope has a structure that mimics heavy chain of canine IgG protein. It is to be noted, however, that the mimetope need not have a structure similar to a heavy chain of canine IgG protein as long as the mimetope functionally mimics the protein. Mimetopes can be, but are not limited to: peptides that have been modified to decrease their susceptibility to degradation; anti-idiotypic and/or catalytic antibodies, or fragments thereof; non-proteinaceous immunogenic portions of an isolated protein (e.g., carbohydrate structures); synthetic or natural organic or inorganic molecules, including nucleic acids; and/or any other peptidomimetic compounds. Mimetopes of the present invention can be designed using computer-generated structures of heavy chain of canine IgG proteins of the present invention. Mimetopes can also be obtained by generating random samples of molecules, such as oligonucleotides, peptides or other organic molecules, and screening such samples by affinity chromatography techniques using the corresponding binding partner, (e.g., a canine Fcgamma-binding domain or anti-heavy chain of canine IgG antibody). A mimetope can also be obtained by, for example, rational drug design. In a rational drug design procedure, the three-dimensional structure of a compound of the present invention can be analyzed by, for example, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or x-ray crystallography. The three-dimensional structure can then be used to predict structures of potential mimetopes by, for example, computer modeling. The predicted mimetope structures can then be produced by, for example, chemical synthesis, recombinant DNA technology, or by isolating a mimetope from a natural source. Specific examples of heavy chain of canine IgG mimetopes include anti-idiotypic antibodies, oligonucleotides produced using Selex™ technology, peptides identified by random screening of peptide libraries and proteins identified by phage display technology. A preferred mimetope is a peptidomimetic compound that is structurally and/or functionally similar to a heavy chain of canine IgG protein of the present invention, particularly to the FcgammaR-binding domain of heavy chain of canine IgG protein.

As used herein, an isolated canine IL-13Rα protein can be a full-length protein or any homolog of such a protein. An isolated IL-13Rα protein of the present invention, including a homolog, can be identified in a straight-forward manner by the protein's ability to bind IL-13 or bind to an anti-IL-13Rα protein. Examples of protein homologs of the present invention include proteins of the present invention in which amino acids have been deleted (e.g., a truncated version of the protein, such as a peptide), inserted, inverted, substituted and/or derivatized (e.g., by glycosylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, myristoylation, prenylation, palmitoylation, amidation and/or addition of glycerophosphatidyl inositol) such that the protein homolog binds IL-13 or includes at least one epitope capable of eliciting an immune response against the parent protein or binding to an antibody directed against the parent protein, where the term parent refers to the longer and/or full-length protein that the homolog is derived from. Minimal size of epitope is about 4-6 amino acids. Minimal size of IL-13 binding domain can be determined by one skilled in the art.

Homologs of proteins of the present invention can be the result of natural allelic variation, including natural mutation. Protein homologs of the present invention can also be produced using techniques known in the art including, but not limited to, direct modifications to the protein and/or modifications to the gene encoding the protein using, for example, classic or recombinant DNA techniques to effect random or targeted mutagenesis.

One embodiment of the present invention is a canine IL-13Rα1 protein that includes amino acid sequence having SEQ ID NO:50. Preferred is a canine IL-13Rα1 protein that is encoded by nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49 and/or SEQ ID NO:52.

In another embodiment of the present invention is a canine IL-13Rα2 protein that includes at least one of the following amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and SEQ ID NO:69. Preferred is a canine IL-13Rα2 protein encoded by one or more of the following nucleic acid sequences: the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 and/or SEQ ID NO:68.

In one embodiment of the present invention, isolated IL-13Rα proteins are encoded by nucleic acid molecules that hybridize under stringent hybridization conditions to the non-coding strand of nucleic acid molecules encoding canine IL-13Rα proteins. The minimal size of a IL-13R protein of the present invention (4-6 amino acids) is a size sufficient to be encoded by a nucleic acid molecule capable of forming a stable hybrid, i.e., hybridizing under stringent hybridization conditions, with the complementary sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the corresponding natural protein. The size of a nucleic acid molecule (12-17/18 nucleotides) encoding such a protein is dependent on the nucleic acid composition and the percent homology between the IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule and the complementary nucleic acid sequence. It can easily be understood that the extent of homology required to form a stable hybrid under stringent conditions can vary depending on whether the homologous sequences are interspersed throughout a given nucleic acid molecule or are clustered, i.e. localized, in distinct regions on a given nucleic acid molecule.

A preferred canine IL-13Rα protein includes a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of:(a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising at least 75 contiguous nucleotides identical in sequence to an at least 75 contiguous nucleotide region of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49 and/or SEQ ID NO:52; and (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 90% identical in sequence to a nucleic acid sequence to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49 and/or SEQ ID NO:52, wherein the percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10.

Another preferred canine protein of the present invention includes a protein encoded by an IL-13Rα1 nucleic acid molecule that is preferably at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 92%, more preferably at least 94%, more preferably at least 96%, and even more preferably at least 98% identical to a nucleic acid molecule having the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:48, and/or SEQ ID NO:49; wherein the percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10. Also preferred are fragments of such proteins encoded by nucleic acid molecules that are at least about 75 nucleotides, at least about 80 nucleotides, at least about 85 nucleotides, at least about 90 nucleotides, at least about 95 nucleotides, at least about 100 nucleotides, at least about 120 nucleotides, at least about 140 nucleotides, at least about 160 nucleotides, at least about 180 nucleotides, at least about 200 nucleotides, at least about 250 nucleotides, at least about 300 nucleotides, at least about 350 nucleotides, or at least about 400 nucleotides at least about 500 nucleotides, at least about 600 nucleotides, at least about 700 nucleotides, at least about 800 nucleotides, at least about 900 nucleotides, at least about 1000 nucleotides, at least about 1100 nucleotides, at least about 1300 nucleotides, or at least about 1500 nucleotides.

In one embodiment, a preferred protein of the present invention includes an IL-13Rα1 protein that is preferably at least about 85%, even more preferably at least about 90%, even more preferably at least about 95%, and even more preferably about 100% identical to PCaIL-13Rα1₄₀₅, with amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50. Additionally preferred are proteins encoded by allelic variants of a nucleic acid molecule encoding PCaIL-13Rα1₄₀₅. Also preferred are fragments thereof having at least about 45 amino acid residues as well as fragments thereof are at least 50 amino acids, at least 55 amino acids, at least 60 amino acids, at least 75 amino acids, at least 100 amino acids, at least 150 amino acids, at least 200 amino acids, at least 250 amino acids, at least 300 amino acids, at least 350 amino acids, or at least 400 amino acids in length.

A preferred canine IL-13Rα protein includes a protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule consisting of an IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising at least 40 contiguous nucleotides identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous nucleotide region of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 and/or SEQ ID NO:68; and (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 80% identical in sequence to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 and/or SEQ ID NO:68, wherein the percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10. In one embodiment, such a nucleic acid molecule does not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98. Also preferred are proteins encoded by portions of such nucleic acid molecules that are at least about 40 nucleotides, at least 50 nucleotides, at least 55 nucleotides, at least 60 nucleotides, at least 70 nucleotides, at least 80 nucleotides, at least 90 nucleotides, at least 100 nucleotides, at least 150 nucleotides, at least 200 nucleotides, at least 300 nucleotides, at least 400 nucleotides, at least 500 nucleotides, at least 600 nucleotides, or at least 700 nucleotides at least 800 nucleotides, at least 900 nucleotides, at least 1000 nucleotides, at least 1100 nucleotides, at least 1200 nucleotides, at least 1300 nucleotides, at least 1400 nucleotides in length.

Another preferred canine protein of the present invention includes a protein encoded by an IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule that is preferably at least 80% identical, more preferably at least 85% identical, more preferably at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 95% identical to a nucleic acid molecule having the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 and/or SEQ ID NO:68; also preferred are fragments, i.e. portions, of such proteins encoded by nucleic acid molecules that are at least about 40 nucleotides, wherein the percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10. In one embodiment, such a nucleic acid molecule does not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98.

Another preferred protein of the present invention includes an IL-13Rα2 protein that is preferably at least 70% identical, more preferably at least 75% identical, more preferably at least 80% identical, more preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90%, more preferably at least 95%, and even more preferably about 100% identical to PCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅, PCaIL-13Rα2₂₅₅, PCaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆ PCaIL-13Rα2₃₆₅, and/or PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈ Additionally preferred are proteins encoded by allelic variants of a nucleic acid molecule encoding proteins PCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅, PCaIL-13Rα2₂₅₅, PcaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆, PCaIL-13Rα2₃₆₅, and/or PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈. Also preferred are fragments thereof having at least about 40, at least about 45, at least about 50, at least about 55, at least about 60, at least about 65, at least about 70, at least about 75, at least about 80, at least about 85, at least about 90, at least about 95, at least about 100, at least about 120, at least about 140, at least about 150, at least about 175, at least about 200, at least about 225, at least about 250, at least about 275, at least about 300, at least about 325 or at least about 350 amino acid residues.

In one embodiment of the present invention, canine IL-13Rα2 proteins comprise amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78 and/or SEQ ID NO 81. Such proteins include, but are not limited to, the proteins consisting of the cited amino acid sequences, fusion proteins and multivalent proteins, and proteins encoded by allelic variants of nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78 and/or SEQ ID NO 81.

One embodiment of a heavy chain of canine IgG protein of the present invention is a fusion protein that includes a heavy chain of canine IgG protein domain attached to one or more fusion segments. Suitable fusion segments for use with the present invention include, but are not limited to, segments that can: enhance a protein's stability; act as an immunopotentiator to enhance an immune response; act as an suppressor of immune response and/or assist purification of a heavy chain of canine IgG protein (e.g., by affinity chromatography). A suitable fusion segment can be a domain of any size that has the desired function (e.g., imparts increased stability, imparts increased immunogenicity to a protein, and/or simplifies purification of a protein). Fusion segments can be joined to amino and/or carboxyl termini of heavy chain of canine IgG-containing domain of the protein and can be susceptible to cleavage in order to enable straight-forward recovery of a heavy chain of canine IgG protein. Fusion proteins are preferably produced by culturing a recombinant cell transformed with a fusion nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protein including the fusion segment attached to either the carboxyl and/or amino terminal end of a heavy chain of canine IgG-containing domain. Preferred fusion segments include a metal binding domain (e.g., a poly-histidine segment); an immunoglobulin binding domain (e.g., Protein A; Protein G; T cell; B cell; Fe receptor or complement protein antibody-binding domains); a sugar binding domain (e.g., a maltose binding domain); a “tag” domain (e.g., at least a portion of β-galactosidase, a strep tag peptide, other domains that can be purified using compounds that bind to the domain, such as monoclonal antibodies); and/or a linker and enzyme domain (e.g., alkaline phosphatase domain connected to a heavy chain of canine IgG protein by a linker). More preferred fusion segments include metal binding domains, such as a poly-histidine segment; a maltose binding domain; a strep tag peptide, such as that available from Biometra in Tampa, Fla.; and a phage T7 S10 peptide.

In general, the present invention also comprises chimera of the following types: immunotoxins (the present proteins comprising a toxin, and directed to a particular target, either an IgG binding site, or a binding site of a variable region fused with an IgG protein herein), scavenger molecules (an IgG/variable region chimera designed so as to “clean up” unwanted compounds in the cellular milleu, by virtue of their ability to bind to them), drug delivery vehicles (IgG with a drug attached, and directed either to IgG binding site or to a site of choice), and molecules with increased half-life.

A heavy chain of canine IgG molecule of the present invention can also include chimeric molecules comprising canine IgG molecule and a second molecule that enables the chimeric molecule to be bound to a substrate. An example of a suitable second molecule includes an immunoglobulin molecule or another ligand that has a suitable binding partner that can be immobilized on a substrate, e.g., biotin and avidin, or a metal-binding protein and a metal (e.g., His), or a sugar-binding protein and a sugar (e.g., maltose).

Chimeric immunoglobulin molecules are also included in the present invention. Specifically, a chimeric immunoglobulin molecule which contains a portion from a heavy chain of canine IgG and a portion that is not canine is contemplated. The non-canine portion is preferably the antigen binding site of the chimeric immunoglobulin. A chimeric molecule ideally contains only those portions of the non-canine variable region that bind to antigen, with the remainder of the immunoglobulin comprising canine sequence.

One embodiment of a canine IL-13Rα protein of the present invention is a fusion protein that includes a canine IL-13Rα2 protein-containing domain attached to one or more fusion segments. Suitable fusion segments for use with the present invention include, but are not limited to, segments that can: enhance a protein's stability; act as an immunopotentiator to enhance an immune response against canine IL-13Rα protein; and/or assist in purification of a canine IL-13Rα protein, e.g., by affinity chromatography. A suitable fusion segment can be a domain of any size that has the desired function, e.g., imparts increased stability, imparts increased immunogenicity to a protein, and/or simplifies purification of a protein. Fusion segments can be joined to amino and/or carboxyl termini of the IL-13Rα containing domain of the protein and can be susceptible to cleavage in order to enable straight-forward recovery of a IL-13Rα protein. Fusion proteins are preferably produced by culturing a recombinant cell transformed with a fusion, or chimeric nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protein including the fusion segment attached to either the carboxyl and/or amino terminal end of a IL-13Rα containing domain. Preferred fusion segments include an immunoglobulin domains, a metal binding domain, e.g., a poly-histidine segment; an immunoglobulin binding domain, e.g., Protein A, Protein G, T cell, B cell, Fc receptor or complement protein antibody-binding domains; a sugar binding domain, e.g., a maltose binding domain; and/or a tag domain, e.g., at least a portion of β-galactosidase, a strep tag peptide, a T7 tag peptide, a Flag™ peptide, or other domains that can be purified using compounds that bind to the domain, such as monoclonal antibodies. More preferred fusion segments include immunological domains such as Fcγ, Fcε, Fcα, Fcμ, or Fcδ domains; metal binding domains, such as a poly-histidine segment; a maltose binding domain; a strep tag peptide, such as that available from Biometra in Tampa, Fla.; and an S10 peptide. One embodiment of a fusion protein is a chimera of IL-13Rα domain with a functional moiety. This moiety can, for example, have the function of allowing oligomerization of the chimeric IL-13Rα proteins.

In one embodiment, a canine IL-13Rα protein of the present invention is a fusion protein that includes a carrier protein domain linked to an IL-13Rα domain such that either the carrier protein domain or the IL-13Rα domain can be the carboxyl terminal domain. Such a protein is preferably encoded by a chimeric nucleic acid molecule that includes a carrier protein encoding domain and an IL-13Rα encoding domain. A fusion protein of the present invention can also include a linker (i.e. a stretch of one or more additional amino acids) preferably located between the carrier protein domain and IL-13Rα domain. As used herein, a carrier protein domain has a meaning similar to a fusion segment. A preferred carrier protein domain is an immunoglobulin IgFc region, preferably a canine IFC region. In one embodiment, a canine IgE region, and preferably at least a portion of a canine gamma chain is preferred. Examples of canine gamma chains are disclosed herein. A fusion protein of the present invention can include any IL-13Rα protein of the present invention. Preferably the IL-13Rα domain binds IL-13. More preferred is a IL-13Rα2 protein of the present invention. Similarly, a chimeric nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion protein of the present invention can include any IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Preferred is a IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule that binds IL-13. More preferred is a IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. A particularly preferred fusion protein of the present invention includes one or more of the following amino acid sequences: SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78 and/or SEQ ID NO:81. Production of such fusion proteins is described in the Examples. A preferred chimeric nucleic acid molecule of the present invention encodes one of such fusion proteins.

A particularly preferred chimera nucleic acid molecule of the present invention includes one or more of the following nucleic acid sequences: the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:77 and/or SEQ ID NO:80, and/or the respective complements of these nucleic acid sequences, i.e. SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:79 and/or SEQ ID NO:82, respectively. These nucleic acid sequences which contain canine IL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecules linked to canine IgE-Fc nucleic acid molecules are further described herein. For example, SEQ ID NO:77 represents the deduced sequence of the coding strand of canine chimera nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9, the cloning of which is disclosed in the examples. The complement of SEQ ID NO:77, represented herein by SEQ ID NO:79, refers to the nucleic acid sequence of the strand complementary to the strand having SEQ ID NO:77, which can be easily be determined by those skilled in the art. The nucleic acid sequences of the coding strand and complementary strand of nCa IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 are represented herein as SEQ ID NO:77 and SEQ ID NO:79, respectively. Translation of SEQ ID NO:77 indicates that nucleic acid molecule nCa IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 encodes a fusion protein of about 563 amino acids, denoted herein as PCa IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:78, assuming an open reading frame having an initiation codon spanning from nucleotide 1 through nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:77 and a stop codon spanning from nucleotide 1690 through nucleotide 1692 of SEQ ID NO:77. Other chimeric nucleic acid molecules are discussed in more detail in the examples.

A preferred fusion protein is encoded by a chimeric nucleic acid molecule that includes:(a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a carrier protein domain; and (b) an nucleic acid molecule encoding an IL-13Rα2 protein domain selected from the group consisting of: (i) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising at least 40 contiguous nucleotides identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous nucleotide region of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:70; and (ii) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 80% identical in sequence to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64,SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:70, wherein the percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10. In one embodiment, such a nucleic acid molecule does not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98.

Yet another preferred canine fusion protein of the present invention includes a protein that is encoded by chimeric nucleic acid molecule with an IL-13α2 encoding domain that is preferably at least 80% identical, more preferably at least 85% identical, more preferably at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 95% identical to a nucleic acid molecule having the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 and/or SEQ ID NO:68; also preferred are fragments, i.e. portions, of such proteins encoded by nucleic acid molecules that are at least about 40 nucleotides, wherein the percent identity is determined by the DNAsis™ computer program with the gap penalty set at 5, the number of top diagonals set at 5, the fixed gap penalty set at 10, the k-tuple set at 2, the window size set at 10 and the floating gap penalty set at 10. In one embodiment, such a nucleic acid molecule does not hybridize under conditions comprising hybridization at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC followed by washing at 65° C. in 0.1×SSC with a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:97 and SEQ ID NO:98.

Another preferred protein of the present invention includes fusion protein comprising a carrier protein domain and a IL-13Rα2 protein domain that is preferably at least 70% identical, more preferably at least 75% identical, more preferably at least 80% identical, more preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90%, more preferably at least 95%, and even more preferably about 100% identical to PCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅, PCaIL-13Rα2₂₅₅,PCaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆, PCaIL-13Rα2₃₆₅, and/or PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈. Additionally preferred are proteins encoded by allelic variants of a nucleic acid molecule encoding proteins PCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅, PCaIL-13Rα2₂₅₅, PCaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆, PCaIL-13Rα2₃₆₅, and/or PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈. Also preferred are fragments thereof having at least about 40 amino acid residues.

One embodiment includes a canine IL-13Rα protein that is capable of binding IL-13. For a protein to be capable of binding to its ligand, in this case IL-13, the protein must have a functional binding domain. A functional binding domain is at least the smallest piece, or fragment, of the protein that is necessary to allow binding to a IL-13. For example, a functional binding domain also includes proteins that are larger than the smallest fragment necessary to allow binding to IL-13 or receptor. A preferred canine IL-13Rα protein comprises of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58,SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78 and/or SEQ ID NO:81 and/or a fragment thereof, such that the fragment is capable of binding to canine IL-13; and a protein encoded by an allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule which encodes any such protein. One skilled in the art can determine in a straight-forward manner whether an IL-13Rα protein binds IL-13. Examples of such methods include, determining the ability of an IL-13Rα protein to form a complex with IL-13 or determining the ability of an IL-13Rα protein to inhibit IL-13 stimulated Td-1 cell proliferation. Examples of such methods are disclosed herein.

One of skill in the art will understand that a DNA or protein fragment of the present invention is an example of a homolog that includes a portion of a larger nucleic acid molecule or protein, respectively, of the present invention. One of skill in the art will also understand that fragments including one or more of the functional domains of IL-13Rα can vary and extend beyond those particular nucleic acid or amino acid regions defined herein. Such active domains can vary in length by 1 amino acid to about 200 amino acids. Nucleic acids or amino acids essential to an active domain can be identified using standard protein or DNA binding assays known to those of skill in the art to determine the ability of an active domain to bind to its ligand(s), e.g. IL-13, or to its receptor(s), e.g. IL-13Rα.

Also provided in the present invention are recombinant cells comprising the fusion proteins describe herein.

A variety of procedures known in the art may be used to molecularly clone canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. These methods include, but are not limited to, direct functional expression of a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecules and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules following construction of the heavy chain of a canine IgG-containing and/or canine IL-13Rα containing cDNA or genomic DNA library in an appropriate expression vector system. Another method is to screen a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain)-containing and/or a canine IL-13Rα-containing cDNA or genomic DNA library constructed in a bacteriophage or plasmid shuttle vector with a labeled oligonucleotide probe designed from the amino acid sequence of a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein and/or a canine IL-13α protein of the present invention. An additional method consists of screening a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain)-containing and/or a canine IL-13Rα-containing cDNA or genomic DNA library constructed in a bacteriophage or plasmid shuttle vector with a canine IgG nucleic acid molecule and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Such a nucleic acid molecule can be is obtained by PCR amplification of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecule fragments and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule fragments through the design of degenerate oligonucleotide primers from the amino acid sequence of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα or of primers from canine IgG and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecules.

The translation of the RNA into a protein will result in the production of at least a portion of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα protein, or fusions thereof, which can be identified, for example, by the activity of a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα protein or by immunological reactivity with an anti-canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or anti-canine IL-13R antibody. In this method, pools of mRNA isolated from canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα protein-producing cells can be analyzed for the presence of an RNA which encodes at least a portion of a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα protein. Further fractionation of the RNA pool can be done to purify canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα RNA from non-canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα RNA. Protein produced by isolataion of RNA can be analyzed to provide amino acid sequences which in turn are used to provide primers for production of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα cDNA, or the RNA used for translation can be analyzed to provide nucleotide sequences encoding canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα and produce probes for the production of canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα cDNA. These methods are known in the art and can be found in, for example, Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F., Maniatis, T. in Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. 1989.

Other types of libraries, as well as libraries constructed from other cells or cell types, may be useful for isolating canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα-encoding DNA. Other types of libraries include, but are not limited to, cDNA libraries derived from other canines or cell lines derived from other canines, and genomic DNA libraries. Preparation of cDNA libraries can be performed by standard techniques. Well known cDNA library construction techniques can be found in, for example, Sambrook, J., et al., ibid.

Nucleic acid molecules encoding canine IgGs and/or canine IL-13Rα proteins can also be isolated from a suitable genomic DNA library. Construction of genomic DNA libraries can be performed by standard techniques. Well known genomic DNA library construction techniques can be found in Sambrook, J., et al., ibid.

In order to clone a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule by the above methods, knowledge of the amino acid sequence of said molecules may be necessary. One may either use the sequences herein exemplified or purify canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα protein and sequence a portion of the protein by manual or automated sequencing. It is not necessary to determine the entire amino acid sequence, because the linear sequence of two regions of 6 to 8 amino acids from the protein can be determined and used to produce primers for PCR amplification of a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule.

Once suitable amino acid sequences have been identified, DNA sequences capable of encoding such amino acid sequences are synthesized. Because the genetic code is degenerate, more than one codon may be used to encode a particular amino acid, and therefore, the amino acid sequence can be encoded by any of a set of similar DNA oligonucleotides. Only one member of the set will be identical to a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα sequence but will be capable of hybridizing to such nucleic acid molecules even in the presence of DNA oligonucleotides with mismatches under appropriate conditions.

Isolated canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) proteins and canine Il-13Rα proteins of the present invention can be produced in a variety of ways, including production and recovery of natural proteins, production and recovery of recombinant proteins, and chemical synthesis of the proteins. In one embodiment, an isolated protein of the present invention is produced by culturing a cell capable of expressing the protein under conditions effective to produce the protein, and recovering the protein. A preferred cell to culture is a recombinant cell of the present invention. Effective culture conditions include, but are not limited to, effective media, bioreactor, temperature, pH and oxygen conditions that permit protein production. An effective medium refers to any medium in which a cell is cultured to produce a canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canineIL-13Rα protein of the present invention. Such a medium typically comprises an aqueous medium having assimilable carbon, nitrogen and phosphate sources, and appropriate salts, minerals, metals and other nutrients, such as vitamins. Cells of the present invention can be cultured in conventional fermentation bioreactors, shake flasks, test tubes, microtiter dishes, and petri plates. Culturing can be carried out at a temperature, pH and oxygen content appropriate for a recombinant cell. Such culturing conditions are within the expertise of one of ordinary skill in the art.

Depending on the vector and host system used for production, resultant proteins of the present invention may either remain within the recombinant cell; be secreted into the fermentation medium; be secreted into a space between two cellular membranes, such as the periplasmic space in E. coli; or be retained on the outer surface of a cell or viral membrane. The phrase “recovering the protein”, as well as similar phrases, refers to collecting the whole fermentation medium containing the protein and need not imply additional steps of separation or purification. Proteins of the present invention can be purified using a variety of standard protein purification techniques, such as, but not limited to, affinity chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, filtration, electrophoresis, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, gel filtration chromatography, reverse phase chromatography, concanavalin A chromatography, chromatofocusing and differential solubilization. Proteins of the present invention are preferably retrieved in “substantially pure” form. As used herein, “substantially pure” refers to a purity that allows for the effective use of the protein as a therapeutic composition or diagnostic. A therapeutic composition for animals, for example, should exhibit few impurities.

In addition, the recombinant canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα proteins can be separated from other cellular proteins by use of an immunoaffinity column made using a substance that selectively binds to said proteins, such as a monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies that selectively bind the full length nascent canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) and/or canine IL-13Rα proteins or polypeptide fragments of such proteins, an Fcgamma receptor protein, Protein A, etc.

Antibodies selective for a protein of the present invention, isolated cells cell comprising at least one protein of the present invention, and isolated fusion protein comprising at least one protein of the present invention are also within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention also includes isolated (e.g., removed from their natural milieu) antibodies that selectively bind to a the canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein of the present invention or a mimetope thereof (e.g., anti-heavy chain antibodies). As used herein, the term “selectively binds to” a the canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein refers to the ability of antibodies of the present invention to preferentially bind to specified proteins and mimetopes thereof of the present invention. Binding can be measured using a variety of methods standard in the art including enzyme immunoassays (e.g., ELISA), immunoblot assays, etc.; see, for example, Sambrook et al., ibid. An anti-the canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) antibody preferably selectively binds to a the canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) protein in such a way as to reduce the activity of that protein.

In particular, there are provided antibodies directed to the heavy chain of canine IgG. Preferred are antibodies selective for the hinge region of the heavy chain of canine IgG. In one preferred embodiment, there are provided antibodies selective for a protein selected from the group consisting of: the exemplified hinge region or heavy chain canine IgG proteins exemplified. These antibodies may be admixed or conjugated with additional materials, such as cytotic agents or other antibody fragments, including IgG fragments.

Isolated anti-canine IgG antibodies of the present invention can include antibodies in a bodily fluid (such as, but not limited to, serum), or antibodies that have been purified to varying degrees. Antibodies of the present invention can be polyclonal or monoclonal. Functional equivalents of such antibodies, such as antibody fragments and genetically-engineered antibodies (including single chain antibodies or chimeric antibodies that can bind to more than one epitope) are also included in the present invention.

A preferred method to produce anti-canine IgG antibodies of the present invention includes (a) administering to an animal an effective amount of a protein or mimetope thereof of the present invention to produce the antibodies and (b) recovering the antibodies. Anti-canine IgG antibodies of the present invention can also be produced recombinantly using techniques as heretofore disclosed to produce the heavy chain of canine IgG proteins of the present invention. Antibodies raised against defined proteins or mimetopes can be advantageous because such antibodies are not substantially contaminated with antibodies against other substances that might otherwise cause interference in a diagnostic assay or side effects if used in a therapeutic composition.

Anti-canine IgG antibodies of the present invention have a variety of potential uses that are within the scope of the present invention. For example, such antibodies can be used (a) as tools to detect total IgG and/or a specific IgG subclass, (b) to screen expression libraries, (c) to reduce IgG function, and/or (d) to recover desired proteins of the present invention from a mixture of proteins and other contaminants.

The present invention also includes isolated, i.e., removed from their natural milieu, antibodies that selectively bind to a canine IL-13Ra protein of the present invention or a mimetope thereof, e.g., anti-canine IL-13Ra antibodies. As used herein, the term selectively binds to an IL-13Ra protein refers to the ability of antibodies of the present invention to preferentially bind to specified proteins and mimetopes thereof of the present invention. Binding can be measured using a variety of methods standard in the art including enzyme immunoassays, e.g., ELISA, immunoblot assays, etc.; see, for example, Sambrook et al., ibid., and Harlow, et al., 1988, Antibodies, a Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Labs Press; Harlow et al., ibid., is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. An anti-IL-13Ra antibody of the present invention preferably selectively binds to a canine IL-13Ra protein in such a way as to inhibit the function of that protein.

Isolated antibodies of the present invention can include antibodies in serum, or antibodies that have been purified to varying degrees. Antibodies of the present invention can be polyclonal or monoclonal, or can be functional equivalents such as antibody fragments and genetically-engineered antibodies, including single chain antibodies or chimeric antibodies that can bind to one or more epitopes.

A preferred method to produce antibodies of the present invention includes (a) administering to an animal an effective amount of a protein, peptide or mimetope of the present invention to produce the antibodies and (b) recovering the antibodies. In another method, antibodies of the present invention are produced recombinantly using techniques as heretofore disclosed to produce IL-13Rα proteins of the present invention. Antibodies raised against defined proteins or mimetopes can be advantageous because such antibodies are not substantially contaminated with antibodies against other substances that might otherwise cause interference in a diagnostic assay or side effects if used in a therapeutic composition.

Antibodies of the present invention have a variety of potential uses that are within the scope of the present invention. For example, such antibodies can be used (a) to evaluate the immune status in canids with diseases such as allergy, cancer and pathogen infections. Furthermore, antibodies of the present invention can be used to target cytotoxic agents to canine IL-13Rα and cells containing canine IL-13Rα on the cell surface. Targeting can be accomplished by conjugating, i.e., stably joining, such antibodies to the cytotoxic agents using techniques known to those skilled in the art. Suitable cytotoxic agents are known to those skilled in the art. Furthermore, antibodies of the present invention can be used to detect IL-13Rα in a putative IL-13Rα containing biological sample, by contacting the putative IL-13Rα containing biological sample with anti-IL-13Ra antibodies under conditions suitable for formation of a IL-13Rα-antibody complex, and then detecting said complex. Methods to detect said method are known to those skilled in the art and are contained herein.

In general, the present invention provides methods to detect any of the following: canine IgG, cDNA encoding IgG (especially for research purposes), mRNA encoding IgG (for research as well as diagnostic detection purposes), etc. Means for detection may include: antibodies directed to canine IgG protein, including polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies directed to specific regions or specific subclasses, probes identified as hybridizable to the cDNA or mRNA, primers useful for amplifying canine IgG nucleic acid. The following patents describe such procedures, and are hereby incorporated by reference in this patent application: General characteristics of diagnostic reagents and methods to produce and use such diagnostic reagents are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,880, issued Sep. 28, 1999, by Frank et al.; PCT International Publication No. WO 99/54349, published Oct. 28, 1999, by McCall et al.; PCT Application Serial No. PCT/US99/21428, filed Sep. 18, 1999, by Jensen; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/479,614, entitled “FELINE IMMUNOGLOBULIN E MOLECULES AND RELATED METHODS”, filed Jan. 7, 2000, by McCall et al.; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/195,659, entitled CANINE IL-13 RECEPTORS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS AND USES THEREOF”, filed Apr. 7, 2000, by Tang; each of these references is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety; furthermore, the disclosed reagents and methods are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. It is to be noted that although the reagents and methods disclosed in each of the citations do not relate to the canine IgG proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies and inhibitors of the present invention per se, the disclosed reagents and methods are applicable by those skilled in the art to diagnostic reagents, kits and detection methods of the present invention. General characteristics of therapeutic compositions and methods to produce and use such therapeutic compositions are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,880, issued Sep. 28, 1999, by Frank et al., and PCT International Publication No. WO 99/54349, published Oct. 28, 1999, by McCall et al., both of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. It is to be noted that although the compositions and methods disclosed in each of the citations do not relate to the canine IgG proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies and inhibitors of the present invention per se, they are applicable by those skilled in the art to therapeutic compositions and methods of the present invention.

In other embodiments, there are provided methods to detect IgG nucleic acid comprising (a) contacting an isolated the canine IgG (heavy and/or light chain) nucleic acid molecule of the present invention with a putative IgG nucleic acid-containing composition under conditions suitable for formation of a canine IgG nucleic acid moleculeIgG nucleic acid complex, and (b) detecting the presence of IgG nucleic acid by detecting the canine IgG nucleic acid molecule IgG nucleic acid complex.

As used herein, the term “contacting” refers to combining or mixing ingredients, as all of those terms are known in the art. “Formation of a complex” refers to the ability of the molecules to form a stable complex that can be measured (e.g., detected). Binding is effected under conditions suitable to form a complex; such conditions (e.g., appropriate concentrations, buffers, temperatures, reaction times) as well as methods to optimize such conditions are known to those skilled in the art, and examples are disclosed herein. Examples of complex formation conditions are also disclosed in, for example, in Sambrook et al., ibid.

In one embodiment, a test compound of the present method includes a biological sample from an animal. A suitable biological sample includes, but is not limited to, a bodily fluid composition or a cellular composition. A bodily fluid refers to any fluid that can be collected (e.g., obtained) from an animal, examples of which include, but are not limited to, blood, serum, plasma, urine, tears, aqueous humor, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), saliva, lymph, nasal secretions, traceobronchial aspirations, intestinal secretions, colostrum, milk and feces. Such a composition of the present method can, but need not be, pretreated to remove at least some of the non-IgG isotypes of immunoglobulin and/or other proteins, such as albumin, present in the fluid. Such removal can include, but is not limited to, contacting the bodily fluid with a material, such as Protein G, to remove IgG antibodies and/or affinity purifying IgG antibodies from other components of the body fluid by exposing the fluid to, for example, Concanavalin A. In another embodiment, a composition includes collected bodily fluid that is pretreated to concentrate immunoglobulin contained in the fluid. For example, immunoglobulin contained in a bodily fluid can be precipitated from other proteins using appropriate concentrations of ammonium sulfate. A preferred composition of the present method is serum.

For protein and peptides, complex can be detected in a variety of ways including, but not limited to use of one or more of the following assays: an enzyme-linked immunoassay, a radioimmunoassay, a fluorescence immunoassay, a luminescence assay (e.g.a chemiluminescent assay or a bioluminescent assay), a lateral flow assay, an agglutination assay, a flow-through assay, a particulate-based assay (e.g., using particulates such as, but not limited to, magnetic particles or plastic polymers, such as latex or polystyrene beads), an immunoprecipitation assay, an electonic sensory assay, a BioCore™ assay (e.g., using colloidal gold) and an immunoblotting assay (e.g., a western blot). Such assays are well known to those skilled in the art. Assays can be used to give qualitative or quantitative results depending on how they are used. Some assays, such as agglutination, particulate separation, and immunoprecipitation, can be observed visually (e.g., either by eye or by a machines, such as a densitometer or spectrophotometer) without the need for a detectable marker. Examples of detectable markers include, but are not limited to, a metal-binding label, a physical label, and electronic labela radioactive label, an enzyme, a fluorescent label, a chemiluminescent label, a chromophoric label or a ligand. A ligand refers to a molecule that binds selectively to another molecule. Preferred detectable markers include, but are not limited to, fluorescein, a radioisotope, a phosphatase (e.g., alkaline phosphatase), biotin, avidin, a peroxidase (e.g., horseradish peroxidase) and biotin-related compounds or avidin-related compounds (e.g., streptavidin or ImmunoPure® NeutrAvidin available from Pierce, Rockford, Ill.). According to the present invention, a detectable marker can be connected to a the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule using, for example, chemical conjugation or recombinant DNA technology (e.g., connection of a fusion segment such as that described herein for a metal binding domain; an immunoglobulin binding; a sugar binding domain; and a “tag” domain). Preferably a carbohydrate group of the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is chemically conjugated to biotin.

In one embodiment a complex can be formed and detected in solution. In another embodiment, a complex can be formed in which one or more members of the complex are immobilized on (e.g., coated onto) a substrate. Immobilization techniques are known to those skilled in the art. Suitable substrate materials include, but are not limited to, plastic, glass, gel, celluloid, paper, PVDF (poly-vinylidene-fluoride), nylon, nitrocellulose, and particulate materials such as latex, polystyrene, nylon, nitrocellulose, agarose and magnetic resin. Suitable shapes for substrate material include, but are not limited to, a well (e.g., microtiter dish well), a plate, a dipstick, a bead, a lateral flow apparatus, a membrane, a filter, a tube, a dish, a celluloid-type matrix, a magnetic particle, and other particulates. A particularly preferred substrate comprises an ELISA plate, a dipstick, a radioimmunoassay plate, agarose beads, plastic beads, latex beads, immunoblot membranes and immunoblot papers. In one embodiment, a substrate, such as a particulate, can include a detectable marker.

A preferred method to detect the heavy chain of canine IgG molecules of the present invention is an immunosorbent assay. An immunoabsorbent assay of the present invention comprises a capture molecule and an indicator molecule. A capture molecule of the present invention binds to an IgG in such a manner that the IgG is immobilized to a substrate. As such, a capture molecule is preferably immobilized to a substrate of the present invention prior to exposure of the capture molecule to a putative IgG-containing composition. An indicator molecule of the present invention detects the presence of an IgG bound to a capture molecule. As such, an indicator molecule preferably is not immobilized to the same substrate as a capture molecule prior to exposure of the capture molecule to a putative IgG-containing composition.

Both a capture molecule and an indicator molecule of the present invention are capable of binding to an IgG. Preferably, a capture molecule binds to a different region of an IgG than an indicator molecule, thereby allowing a capture molecule to be bound to an IgG at the same time as an indicator molecule. The use of a reagent as a capture molecule or an indicator molecule depends upon whether the molecule is immobilized to a substrate when the molecule is exposed to an IgG. For example, a heavy chain of canine IgG molecule of the present invention is used as a capture molecule when the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is bound on a substrate. Alternatively, a the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is used as an indicator molecule when the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is not bound on a substrate. Suitable molecules for use as capture molecules or indicator molecules include, but are not limited to, a the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule of the present invention, an antigen reagent or an anti-IgG antibody reagent of the present invention.

An immunoabsorbent assay of the present invention can further comprise one or more layers and/or types of secondary molecules or other binding molecules capable of detecting the presence of an indicator molecule. For example, an untagged (e.g., not conjugated to a detectable marker) secondary antibody that selectively binds to an indicator molecule can be bound to a tagged (e.g., conjugated to a detectable marker) tertiary antibody that selectively binds to the secondary antibody. Suitable secondary antibodies, tertiary antibodies and other secondary or tertiary molecules can be selected by those of skill in the art. Preferred secondary molecules of the present invention include an antigen, an anti-IgG idiotypic antibody and an anti-IgG isotypic antibody. Preferred tertiary molecules can be selected by a skilled artisan based upon the characteristics of the secondary molecule. The same strategy is applied for subsequent layers.

In one embodiment, the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is used as a capture molecule by being immobilized on a substrate, such as a microtiter dish well or a dipstick. A biological sample collected from an animal is applied to the substrate and incubated under conditions suitable to allow for the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule:test compound complex formation bound to the substrate. Excess non-bound material, if any, is removed from the substrate under conditions that retain the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule:test compound complex binding to the substrate. An indicator molecule that can selectively bind to a test compound bound to the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is added to the substrate and incubated to allow formation of a complex between the indicator molecule and the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule:test compound complex. Preferably, the indicator molecule is conjugated to a detectable marker (preferably to an enzyme label, to a calorimetric label, to a fluorescent label, to a radioisotope, or to a ligand such as of the biotin or avidin family). Excess indicator molecule is removed, a developing agent is added if required, and the substrate is submitted to a detection device for analysis. Preferred test compounds to detect are antigens or anti-IgG antibodies.

In one embodiment, an immunosorbent assay of the present invention does not utilize a capture molecule. In this embodiment, a test sample is applied to a substrate, such as a microtiter dish well or a dipstick, and incubated under conditions suitable to allow for the test compound binding to the substrate. Any test compound is immobilized on the substrate. Excess non-bound material, if any, is removed from the substrate under conditions that retain test compound binding to the substrate. A the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is added to the substrate and incubated to allow formation of a complex between the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule and the test compound. Preferably, the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is conjugated to a detectable marker (preferably to biotin, an enzyme label or a fluorescent label). Excess the heavy chain of canine IgG molecule is removed, a developing agent is added if required, and the substrate is submitted to a detection device for analysis. Preferred test compounds to detect are antigens or anti-IgG antibodies.

Another preferred method to detect a test compound is a lateral flow assay, examples of which are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,424,193, issued Jun. 13, 1995, by Pronovost et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,994, issued May 16, 1995, by Imrich et al; WO 94/29696, published Dec. 22, 1994, by Miller et al.; and WO 94/01775, published Jan. 20, 1994, by Pawlak et al.; each of these patent publications is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. In one embodiment, a biological sample is placed in a lateral flow apparatus that includes the following components: (a) a support structure defining a flow path; (b) a labeling reagent comprising a heavy chain of canine IgG, the labeling reagent being impregnated within the support structure in a labeling zone; and (c) a capture reagent comprising an anti-heavy chain of canine IgG antibody. The capture reagent is located downstream of the labeling reagent within a capture zone fluidly connected to the labeling zone in such a manner that the labeling reagent can flow from the labeling zone into the capture zone. The support structure comprises a material that does not impede the flow of the beads from the labeling zone to the capture zone. Suitable materials for use as a support structure include ionic (e.g., anionic or cationic) material. Examples of such a material include, but are not limited to, nitrocellulose (NC), PVDF, carboxymethylcellulose (CM). The support structure defines a flow path that is lateral and is divided into zones, namely a labeling zone and a capture zone. The apparatus can further comprise a sample receiving zone located along the flow path, more preferably upstream of the labeling reagent. The flow path in the support structure is created by contacting a portion of the support structure downstream of the capture zone, preferably at the end of the flow path, to an absorbent capable of absorbing excess liquid from the labeling and capture zones.

In this embodiment, the biological sample is applied to the sample receiving zone which includes a portion of the support structure. The labeling zone receives the sample from the sample receiving zone which is directed downstream by the flow path. The labeling zone comprises the heavy chain of canine IgG. A preferred labeling reagent is the heavy chain of canine IgG conjugated, either directly or through a linker, to a plastic bead substrate, such as to a latex bead. The substrate also includes a detectable marker, preferably a colorimetric marker. Typically, the labeling reagent is impregnated to the support structure by drying or lyophilization. The sample structure also comprises a capture zone downstream of the labeling zone. The capture zone receives labeling reagent from the labeling zone which is directed downstream by the flow path. The capture zone contains the capture reagent, in this case an anti-the heavy chain of canine IgG antibody, as disclosed above, that immobilizes the IgG complexed to the anti-IgG in the capture zone. The capture reagent is preferably fixed to the support structure by drying or lyophilizing. The labeling reagent accumulates in the capture zone and the accumulation is assessed visually or by an optical detection device.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a therapeutic composition that, when administered to a canid in an effective manner, is capable of protecting that animal from a disease mediated by canine IgE, such as, for example, allergy or inflammation. Therapeutic compositions of the present invention include therapeutic (protective or regulatory) compounds that are capable of regulating IL-13 amounts and/or activity. A therapeutic compound of the present invention is capable of regulating IL-13 activity and availability. Examples of regulatory compounds related to IL-13Rα proteins of the present invention include an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a canine IL-13Ra protein or other inhibitors or activators of IL-13Rα protein activity or amount. As such, these regulatory compounds may include antibodies, peptides, substrate analogs, and other large or small molecules which can be organic or inorganic. As used herein, a protective compound refers to a compound, that when administered to an animal in an effective manner, is able to treat, ameliorate, and/or prevent a disease mediated by IgE.

The efficacy of a therapeutic composition of the present invention to protect an animal from a disease mediated by IL-13 can be tested in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, detection of protective antibodies (using, for example, proteins or mimetopes of the present invention), detection of the amount of IL-13, or detection of cellular immunity within the treated animal. In one embodiment, therapeutic compositions can be tested in animal models such as mice. Such techniques are known to those skilled in the art.

One embodiment of the present invention is a therapeutic composition that, when administered to a canid, reduces allergy or inflammation present in said canid, said therapeutic composition comprising an excipient and a therapeutic compound selected from the group consisting of:

(a) an isolated protein selected from the group consisting of: (i) a protein comprising an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and/or SEQ ID NO:69; and (ii) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 70 percent identical a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and/or SEQ ID NO:69; (iii) a fusion protein comprising:(a) a carrier protein; and ((b)) a protein selected from the group consisting of: ((i)) a protein comprising an at least 30 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 30 contiguous amino acid region selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and/or SEQ ID NO:69; and ((ii)) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80 percent identical a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, and/or SEQ ID NO:69; and (iv) any other IL-13Rα protein (including a fusion protein) of the present invention;

(b) a mimetope of any of the proteins;

(c) a multimeric form of any of the proteins; (d) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising an IL-13Rα nucleic acid molecule, including an IL-13Rα2 chimeric nucleic acid molecule of the present invention;(e) an antibody that selectively binds any of the proteins of the present invention; and (f) an inhibitor identified by its ability to inhibit the activity of any of the proteins of the present invention.

The present invention also includes a therapeutic composition comprising at least one therapeutic compound of the present invention in combination with at least one additional compound protective against allergy or inflammation. Examples of such protective compounds include anti-inflammatory steroids, antihistamines, and anti-IgE antibodies.

In one embodiment, a therapeutic composition of the present invention can be used to protect an animal from a disease mediated by IL-13 by administering a IL-13Rα therapeutic composition to a canid in order to prevent undesirable IgE levels. Such administration can include, but is not limited to, oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intra ocular, mucosal, intranasal, subcutaneous, or transdermal application. A preferred route of administration is subcutaneous. In order to protect an animal from a disease mediated by IgE, a therapeutic composition of the present invention is administered to the animal in an effective manner such that the composition is capable of protecting that animal from a disease mediated by IgE. Therapeutic compositions of the present invention can be administered to animals prior to disease in order to prevent disease and/or can be administered to animals after disease occurs. The exact dose, administration regimen, and administration route of therapeutic compositions of the present invention can be determined by one skilled in the art.

Therapeutic compositions of the present invention can be formulated in an excipient that the animal to be treated can tolerate. Examples of such excipients include water, saline, Ringer's solution, dextrose solution, Hank's solution, and other aqueous physiologically balanced salt solutions. Nonaqueous vehicles, such as fixed oils, sesame oil, ethyl oleate, or triglycerides may also be used. Other useful formulations include suspensions containing viscosity enhancing agents, such as sodium carboxymethylcellulose, sorbitol, or dextran. Excipients can also contain minor amounts of additives, such as substances that enhance isotonicity and chemical stability. Examples of buffers include phosphate buffer, bicarbonate buffer and Tris buffer, while examples of preservatives include thimerosal, or o-cresol, formalin and benzyl alcohol. Standard formulations can either be liquid injectables or solids which can be taken up in a suitable liquid as a suspension or solution for injection. Thus, in a non-liquid formulation, the excipient can comprise dextrose, human serum albumin, preservatives, etc., to which sterile water or saline can be added prior to administration.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a therapeutic composition can include an adjuvant. Adjuvants are agents that are capable of enhancing the immune response of an animal to a specific antigen. Suitable adjuvants include, but are not limited to, cytokines, chemokines, and compounds that induce the production of cytokines and chemokines (e.g., granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), colony stimulating factor (CSF), erythropoietin (EPO), interleukin 2 (IL-2), interleukin-3 (IL-3), interleukin 4 (IL-4), interleukin 5 (IL-5), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 7 (IL-7), interleukin 8 (IL-8), interleukin 10 (IL-10), interleukin 12 (IL-12), interferon gamma, interferon gamma inducing factor I (IGIF), transforming growth factor beta, RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and presumably secreted), macrophage inflammatory proteins (e.g., MIP-1 alpha and MIP-1 beta), and Leishmania elongation initiating factor (LEIF); bacterial components (e.g., endotoxins, in particular superantigens, exotoxins and cell wall components); aluminum-based salts; calcium-based salts; silica; polynucleotides; toxoids; serum proteins, viral coat proteins; block copolymer adjuvants (e.g., Hunter's Titermax™ adjuvant (Vaxcel™, Inc. Norcross, Ga.), Ribi adjuvants (Ribi ImmunoChem Research, Inc., Hamilton, Mont.); and saponins and their derivatives (e.g., Quil A (Superfos Biosector A/S, Denmark). Protein adjuvants of the present invention can be delivered in the form of the protein themselves or of nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins using the methods described herein.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a therapeutic composition can include a carrier. Carriers include compounds that increase the half-life of a therapeutic composition in the treated animal. Suitable carriers include, but are not limited to, polymeric controlled release vehicles, biodegradable implants, liposomes, bacteria, viruses, other cells, oils, esters, and glycols.

One embodiment of the present invention is a controlled release formulation that is capable of slowly releasing a composition of the present invention into an animal. As used herein, a controlled release formulation comprises a composition of the present invention in a controlled release vehicle. Suitable controlled release vehicles include, but are not limited to, biocompatible polymers, other polymeric matrices, capsules, microcapsules, microparticles, bolus preparations, osmotic pumps, diffusion devices, liposomes, lipospheres, and transdermal delivery systems. Other controlled release formulations of the present invention include liquids that, upon administration to an animal, form a solid or a gel in situ. Preferred controlled release formulations are biodegradable, i.e., bioerodible.

Naked nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be administered by a variety of methods. Suitable delivery methods include, for example, intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection, intradermal injection, intradermal scarification, particle bombardment, oral application, and nasal application, with intramuscular injection, intradermal injection, intradermal scarification and particle bombardment being preferred. A preferred single dose of a naked DNA molecule ranges from about 1 nanogram (ng) to about 1 milligram (mg), depending on the route of administration and/or method of delivery, as can be determined by those skilled in the art. Examples of administration methods are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,204,253, by Bruner, et al., issued Apr. 20, 1993, PCT Publication No. WO 95/19799, published Jul. 27, 1995, by McCabe, and PCT Publication No. WO 95/05853, published Mar. 2, 1995, by Carson, et al. Naked DNA molecules of the present invention can be contained in an aqueous excipient (e.g., phosphate buffered saline) and/or with a carrier (e.g., lipid-based vehicles), or it can be bound to microparticles (e.g., gold particles).

According to one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be administered to an animal in a fashion to enable expression of that nucleic acid molecule into a protective protein or protective RNA, e.g., antisense RNA, ribozyme, triple helix forms or RNA drug, in the animal. Nucleic acid molecules can be delivered to an animal in a variety of methods including, but not limited to, (a) administering a naked, i.e., not packaged in a viral coat or cellular membrane, nucleic acid as a genetic vaccine, e.g., as naked DNA or RNA molecules, such as is taught, for example in Wolff et al., 1990, Science 247, 1465-1468, or (b) administering a nucleic acid molecule packaged as a recombinant virus vaccine or as a recombinant cell vaccine, i.e., the nucleic acid molecule is delivered by a viral or cellular vehicle.

Administration of soluble receptor protein of the present invention, more preferably the extracellular portion of the receptor, to an animal will result in a decrease of circulating IL-13, the IL-13 receptor acts as a sponge to remove IL-13 from the circulation.

A genetic, i.e., naked nucleic acid, vaccine of the present invention includes a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention and preferably includes a recombinant molecule of the present invention. A genetic vaccine of the present invention can comprise one or more nucleic acid molecules of the present invention operatively linked to a transcriptional control sequence. In one embodiment, genetic vaccines include at least a portion of a viral genome, i.e., a viral vector. Any suitable transcription control sequence can be used, including those disclosed as suitable for protein production. Particularly preferred transcription control sequences include cytomegalovirus immediate early, preferably in conjunction with Intron-A, Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat, and tissue-specific transcription control sequences, as well as transcription control sequences endogenous to viral vectors if viral vectors are used. The incorporation of a “strong” polyadenylation signal is also preferred. Preferred viral vectors include those based on alphaviruses, poxviruses, adenoviruses, herpesviruses, picornaviruses, and retroviruses.

Genetic vaccines of the present invention can be administered in a variety of ways, with intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, transdermal, intranasal and oral routes of administration being preferred. A preferred single dose of a genetic vaccine ranges from about 1 nanogram (ng) to about 600 μg, depending on the route of administration and/or method of delivery, as can be determined by those skilled in the art. Suitable delivery methods include, for example, by injection, as drops, aerosolized and/or topically. Genetic vaccines of the present invention can be contained in an aqueous excipient, e.g., phosphate buffered saline, alone or in a carrier, e.g., lipid-based vehicles.

A recombinant virus vaccine of the present invention includes a recombinant molecule of the present invention that is packaged in a viral coat and that can be expressed in an animal after administration. Preferably, the recombinant molecule is packaging- or replication-deficient and/or encodes an attenuated virus. A number of recombinant viruses can be used, including, but not limited to, those based on alphaviruses, poxviruses, adenoviruses, herpesviruses, picornaviruses, and retroviruses. Preferred recombinant virus vaccines are those based on alphaviruses, such as Sindbis virus, raccoon poxviruses, species-specific herpesviruses and species-specific poxviruses. An example of methods to produce and use alphavirus recombinant virus vaccines are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,766,602, Xiong et al., issued Jun. 16, 1998; U.S. Pat. No. 5,753,235, Haanes et al., issued May 19, 1998; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,804,197, Haanes et al., issued Sep. 8, 1998, all of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

When administered to an animal, a recombinant virus vaccine of the present invention infects cells within the immunized animal and directs the production of a protective protein or RNA nucleic acid molecule that is capable of protecting the animal from a disease. For example, a recombinant virus vaccine comprising a canine IL-13R□ nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is administered according to a protocol that results in the animal producing a sufficient immune response to protect itself from a disease mediated by IL-13. A preferred single dose of a recombinant virus vaccine of the present invention is from about 1×10⁴ to about 1×10⁸ virus plaque forming units (pfu) per kilogram body weight of the animal. Administration protocols are similar to those described herein for protein-based vaccines, with subcutaneous, intramuscular, intranasal and oral administration routes being preferred.

A recombinant cell vaccine of the present invention includes recombinant cells of the present invention that express at least one protein of the present invention. Preferred recombinant cells for this embodiment include Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Mycobacterium, S. frugiperda, yeast, (including Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris), BHK, CV-1, myoblast GS, COS, e.g.,COS-7, Vero, MDCK and CRFK recombinant cells. Recombinant cell vaccines of the present invention can be administered in a variety of ways but have the advantage that they can be administered orally, preferably at doses ranging from about 10⁸ to about 10¹² cells per kilogram body weight. Administration protocols are similar to those described herein for protein-based vaccines. Recombinant cell vaccines can comprise whole cells, cells stripped of cell walls or cell lysates.

A IL-13Rα inhibitor of the present invention is identified by its ability to bind to, modify, or otherwise interact with, a IL-13Rα protein, thereby inhibiting the activity of IL-13Rα. Suitable inhibitors of IL-13Rα activity are compounds that inhibit IL-13Rα protein activity in at least one of a variety of ways: (1) by binding to or otherwise interacting with or otherwise modifying the IL-13Rα binding, i.e. ligand binding, site, (2) by interacting with other regions of the IL-13Rα protein to inhibit IL-13Rα activity, for example, by allosteric interaction, and (3) by binding to or otherwise interacting with or otherwise modifying a IL-13Rα receptor binding site such that IL-13 is less likely to bind to the IL-13Rα receptor binding site. Inhibitors of IL-13Rα are preferably relatively small compounds.

Canine IL-13Rα proteins of the present invention can be used to develop regulatory compounds including inhibitors and activators that, when administered to a canid in an effective manner, are capable of protecting that canid from disease mediated by IL-13Rα or IL-13. Preferred regulatory compounds derived from the present invention include inhibitors and activators. In accordance with the present invention, the ability of a regulatory compound, including an inhibitor or activator, of the present invention to protect a canid from disease mediated by IL-13Rα or IL-13 refers to the ability of that protein to, for example, treat, ameliorate or prevent a disease mediated by IL-13Rα in that canid.

In one embodiment of the present invention a compound that inhibits the activity of a IL-13Rα protein is identified by a) contacting an isolated canine IL-13Rα protein with a putative inhibitory compound under conditions in which, in the absence of a compound, IL-13Rα protein has IL-13 binding activity; and (b) determining if a inhibitory compound inhibits IL-13 binding activity. Preferably such a method is also conducted in the presence of IL-13.

A variety of methods are known to one skilled in the art to detect binding of IL-13 to an IL-13Rα protein. Such methods include, but are not limited to an assay in which IL-13 and a IL-13Rα binding partner can interact and/or bind to each other, using, for example, the yeast two-hybrid system, see for example, Luban, et al. 1995, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 6, 59-64; and identifying those proteins that specifically bind to the canine IL-13Rα protein binding domain. Additional methods to identify protein-protein interactions include Biacore® screening, confocal immunofluorescent microscopy, UV cross-linking, and immunoprecipitations. An example of a IL-13Rα protein binding domain is an IL-13Rα2-binding domain, and a protein that would bind to a IL-13Rα2-binding domain would be IL-13. Additional teachings of general characteristics of reagents for use in the detection of binding between two moieties (e.g., between IL-13 and its receptor) as well as methods to produce and use such reagents are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,880, issued Sep. 28, 1999, by Frank et al.; and PCT International Publication No. WO 99/54349, published Oct. 28, 1999, by McCall et al.; each of these references is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety; furthermore, the disclosed reagents and methods are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. It is to be noted that although the reagents and methods disclosed in each of the citations do not relate to the proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies and inhibitors of the present invention per se, the disclosed reagents and methods are applicable by those skilled in the art to reagents, kits and detection methods of the present invention.

One embodiment of the present invention includes an assay kit to identify the presence of an inhibitor of a canine IL-13Rα protein in a canid, comprising an isolated IL-13Rα protein, and a means for determining the inhibition of activity of IL-13Rα, wherein said means enables the detection of inhibition, wherein detection of inhibition identifies an inhibitor of the ability of canine IL-13Rα protein to bind IL-13. Such a kit preferably also includes IL-13, preferably canine IL-13.

The present invention also includes a method and kit to detect IL-13, preferably canine IL-13. Higher than normal levels of IL-13 indicate the presence of allergy or inflammation in a canid. Such methods and kits use a canine IL-13Rα protein, preferably a canine IL-13Rα2 protein, of the present invention and involve the formation and detection of a complex between any IL-13 in a sample and that IL-13Rα protein. General characteristics of methods and reagents to detect IL-13 are disclosed herein, e.g., in U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,880, ibid.

Also provided are kits comprising a container comprising at least one composition selected from the group consisting of

(a) a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention,

(b) a protein encoded by a nucleic acid of the present invention,

(c) a chimera of the present invention

(d) a fusion protein of the present invention

(e) a fusion sequence of the present invention.

In broad terms, a kit may contain canine IgG DNA or antibodies to the heavy chain of canine IgG. A kit may be used to detect DNA which hybridizes to canine IgG nucleic acid molecule of the present invention or amplified (PCR) using a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, or to detect the presence of the heavy chain of canine IgG protein or peptide fragments in a sample. Such characterization is useful for a variety of purposes including but not limited to forensic analyses and epidemiological studies. Alternatively, a kit may contain DNA molecules, RNA molecules, recombinant protein and antibodies of the present invention for the purpose of screening and measuring levels of the heavy chain of canine IgG DNA, the heavy chain of canine IgG RNA or the heavy chain of canine IgG protein. The recombinant proteins, DNA molecules, RNA molecules and antibodies lend themselves to the formulation of kits suitable for the detection and typing of the heavy chain of canine IgG. All of these kits would comprise a compartmentalized carrier suitable to hold in close confinement at least one container. The carrier may also further comprise reagents such as recombinant the heavy chain of canine IgG protein or anti-the heavy chain of canine IgG antibodies suitable for detecting the heavy chain of canine IgG. The carrier may also contain a means for detection such as labeled antigen or enzyme substrates or the like. A preferred kit of the present invention further comprises a detection means including one or more antigens disclosed herein, an antibody capable of selectively binding to an IgG disclosed herein and/or a compound capable of binding to a detectable marker conjugated to a the heavy chain of canine IgG protein (e.g., avidin, streptavidin and ImmunoPure® NeutrAvidin when the detectable marker is biotin). Such antigens preferably induce IgG antibody production in animals including canines, canines and/or equines.

In particular, kits useful in vaccination, therapy, diagnosis, detection of IgG, detection of specific IgG subclasses, identification of diseases by subclass, and monitoring of immune response are provided.

The following examples illustrate the present invention without, however, limiting it. It is to be noted that the Examples include a number of molecular biology, microbiology, immunology and biochemistry techniques considered to be known to those skilled in the art. Disclosure of such techniques can be found, for example, in Sambrook et al., ibid., and related references.

EXAMPLE 1 Cloning The heavy chain of canine IgG

Canine IgG probe preparation:

Degenerate primer C-IgG330-F (designated as SEQ ID NO: 40) was designed based on the conserved regions of IgGs from human, mouse, pig and bovine. A ˜750 bp DNA fragment was amplified with C-IgG330-F and M13 Forward primers from canine spleen cell cDNA library in a “touch-down” PCR reaction. The reaction condition was 94° C. for 8 min, 3 cycles of 94 C for 30 Sec, 58 C for 45 Sec and 72 C for 1.2 min, then annealing temperature changed from 58 C to 56, 54, 52, 50, 48 and 46 C step-wise. The reaction was carried out for 3 cycles for each annealing temperature and 25 cycles at 44 C. The amplified DNA fragment was inserted into TA vector (Invitrogen). Plasmids that carry PCR amplified DNA were purified for sequencing. Blast search of the sequencing data indicated that the DNA fragment was coding for canine IgG.

cIg-13. DNA (designated as SEQ ID NO: 28; the reverse and complement of this sequence is SEQ ID NO: 30).The cDNA fragment was found to contain DNA sequence (578 bp) encoding for CH3 and part of CH2 domains of canine IgG, and 3′ UTR

cIg-13.AMI (designated SEQ ID NO:29) is the decoded amino acid sequence (AA 141) for cIg-13.DNA;

Screening canine IgG from a canine spleen cell cDNA library:

PCR fragments encoding canine IgG were used as probes in southern blots for screening canine IgG clones from a canine spleen cell cDNA library. Two distinct IgG heavy chains and a light chain DNA sequences were identified in the screening. One of the two heavy chains was a full length canine IgG (clone 3523), and the other a partial canine IgG DNA sequence (4325-P) that encodes CH3, CH2, CH1 and part of variable region of the IgG.

3523.DNA (1654 bp; designated SEQ ID NO:4; the reverse and complement of SEQ ID NO:4 is SEQ ID NO: 6)

3523.AMI (AA: 468; designated SEQ ID NO: 5) is the coding region of 3523.DNA.

TABLE 2 Clone 3523 VH C_(H)1 Hinge C_(H)2 C_(H)3 DNA (bp) 70-480 481-774 775-825 826-1143 1144-1473 Amino acid  1-137 138-235 236-252 253-358  359-468 Estimated molecular mass of canine IgG-3523 is about 51.7 kDa with pI about 6.55.

4325-P.DNA (1364 bp) is designated SEQ ID NO: 31; the reverse and complement of SEQ ID NO: 31 is SEQ ID NO: 33.

4325-P.AMI (AA: 392; designated SEQ ID NO: 32) is the coding region of 4325-P.DNA)

TABLE 3 Clone 4325-P VH C_(H)1 Hinge C_(H) ₂ C_(H)3 DNA (bp) 1-179 180-473 474-539 540-857 858-1187 Amino acid 1-57   58-155 156-177 178-283 284-392 

Light chain DNA (Lambda chain, 938 bp) is designated SEQ ID NO: 25 (the reverse and complement of SEQ ID NO: 25 is SEQ ID NO: 27).

Light chain (AA: 235; designated SEQ ID NO: 26) represents the coding region of Lambda chain from 49 to 756 bp). Estimated molecular mass of canine IgG Lambda light chain is about 24.7 kDa with pI about 4.97.

Specific canine IgG primers in the conserved regions of IgG heavy chains were designed based on canine IgG sequences:

IgG-FWD1:5′GCCCTCCAGCAGGTGGCCCAGCGAGACC3′; (SEQ ID NO: 41)

IgG-REV1:5′GGGGATGGCGGCAGGACATACAC3′; (SEQ ID NO: 42)

IgG-REV2:5′TTTACCCGGAGAATGGGAGAGGG3′; (SEQ ID NO: 43)

IgG-REV3:5′GGTCTGCGTGGGCCACCTGCTGGAGGGC3′; (SEQ ID NO: 44)

IgG-REV4:5′GGGTGGGGGGCTTGCTGGGTGCCGGGCG3′. (SEQ ID NO: 45)

The primers were used in PCRs for amplification of other canine IgG heavy chain subclasses.

PCR amplification of IgGs from canine B-cell and T-cell lymphoma samples: First strand cDNAs prepared from 18 different canine B cell lymphoma samples were used as the templates in PCR reactions with IgG-FWD1 and IgG-REV2 primer set. The reaction condition is 94 C for 5 min; then 32 cycles on 94 C for 45 Sec, 54 C for 45 Sec and 72 C for 45 Sec. The amplified DNA fragments from the PCR will contain hinge region, CH2 and CH3 domains of canine IgG heavy chain. In addition to the DNA sequences of IgGs identified from the canine spleen cell cDNA library, two new IgG with different DNA sequences on hinge region were identified from the B cell lymphoma samples.

DNA and encoded amino acid sequences of hinge region of canine IgG heavy chains:

The DNA sequence of 3523-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO: 1; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO: 1 is SEQ ID NO:3.

The amino acid sequence of 3523-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO:2 The DNA sequence of 4325-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO: 22; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO:22 is SEQ ID NO:24.

The amino acid sequence of 4325-hinge region is designted SEQ ID NO: 23.

The DNA sequence of Bly8-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO: 7; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO: 7 is SEQ ID NO:9.

The amino acid sequence of Bly8-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO:8.

The DNA sequence of Bly9-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO: 13; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO: 13 is SEQ ID NO: 15.

The amino acid sequence of Bly9-hinge region is designated SEQ ID NO: 14.

PCR reactions were carried out using 5′ end of canine IgG forward primer K9IgG5′ (designated SEQ ID NO: 46) and canine IgG reverse primer IgG-REV4 and IgG-REV2, respectively. The reaction condition was carried out for 1 cycle of 94 C for 5 min, 3 cycles of 94 C for 35 Sec, 58/56/54/52 C for 45 Sec and 72 C for 1.5 min, then 22 cycles of 94 C for 35 Sec, 50 C for 45 Sec and 72 C for 1.5 min.

4325.DNA (1453 bp; designated SEQ ID NO: 19) is a cDNA fragment of the PCR using K9IgG5′ and IgG-REV4 primers. (The reverse complement of SEQ ID NO:19 is SEQ ID NO: 21)

4325.AMI (AA: 473; designated SEQ ID NO: 20) is the deduced amino acid sequence encoded by SEQ ID NO;19.

TABLE 4 Clone 4325 V_(H) C_(H)1 Hinge C_(H)2 C_(H)3 DNA (bp) 32-445 446-739 740-805 806-1123 1124-1450 Amino acid  1-138 139-236 237-258 259-364  365-473 Estimated molecular mass of canine IgG-4325 is about 52 kDa with pI about 8.17.

Clone Bly-8 was the product of two PCR fragments, Bly8-5C and Bly8-3C. Bly8-5C was a PCR fragment amplified from B-cell lymphoma sample using K9IgG5 and IgG-REV2 primers.

Bly8-5C.DNA (1168 bp) is designated as SEQ ID NO: 34; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO:34 is SEQ ID NO: 36.

Bly8-5C.AMI (AA: 373; designated as SEQ ID NO:35) is the deduced amino acid sequence encoded by SEQ ID NO:34.

Based on DNA sequence of Bly8-5C variable region, a specific primer, Bly822F, (designated SEQ ID NO: 47) was designed.

Bly8-3C was amplified by PCR from the same B-cell lymphoma sample using Bly822F and IgG-REV2 primers.

Bly-8-3C.DNA (1059 bp) is designated as SEQ ID NO: 37; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO: 37 is SEQ ID NO:39.

Bly8-3C.AMI (AA: 350; designated SEQ ID NO: 38) is the ddeduced amino acid sequence encoded by the SEQ ID NO:37.

Overlapping of the identical region of DNA fragments of Bly8-5C and Bly8-3C, a consensus DNA sequence was generated (Bly8).

Bly8.DNA (1460 bp) is designated as SEQ ID NO: 10; the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO:10 is SEQ ID NO:12.

Bly8.AMI (AA: 470; designated as SEQ ID NO: 11) is the deduced amino acid sequence encoded by SEQ ID NO:10.

TABLE 5 Clone Bly8 VH C_(H)1 Hinge C_(H)2 C_(H)3 DNA (bp) 48-464 465-758 759-809 810-1127 1128-1457 Amino acid  1-139 140-237 238-254 255-360  361-470 Estimated molecular mass of canine IgG-Bly8 is about 51.2 kDa with pI about 6.24.

Bly9.DNA (1456 bp; designated SEQ ID NO: 16) is a cDNA fragment of the PCR using K9IgG5′ and IgG-REV4 primers); the reverse complement of SEQ ID NO: 16 is SEQ ID NO: 18.

Bly9.AMI (AA: 474; designated SEQ ID NO: 17) is the deduced amino acid sequence encoded by SEQ ID NO:16.

TABLE 6 Clone Bly9 VH C_(H)1 Hinge C_(H)2 C_(H)3 DNA (bp) 32-454 455-748 749-808 809-1126 1127-1453 Amino acid  1-141 142-239 240-259 260-365  366-474 Estimated molecular mass of canine IgG-Bly9 is about 51.8 kDa with pI about 6.15.

EXAMPLE 2

This example describes the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules encoding canine IL-13 receptor α1 (i.e. nCaIL-13Rα1) nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

A cDNA library was prepared from a canine PBMC cDNA library. The library was a C. familiaris mitogen activated PBMC cDNA library that was constructed in the Uni-Zap® XR Vector (available from Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, Calif.) using Stratagene's ZAP-cDNA® Synthesis Kit and the manufacturer's protocol. Two degenerate synthetic oligonucleotide primers were designed from the conserved regions of bovine, mouse and human IL-13 receptors (IL-13R): Primer 13R1F 1, a sense primer corresponding to amino acid residues from 48 through 59 of human IL-13 receptor α1 denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:50 as found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,710,023, ibid has the sequence 5′ ATHTGGACNTGGAAYCCNCCNGARGGNGC 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:36; Primer 13R1R1, a anti-sense primer corresponding to amino acid residues from 202 through 213 of the same human IL-13 receptor α1 has the sequence 5′ ATYTTNCCNGCRTTRTCYTTNACCATDATYTGNAC 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:84, where D represents A, T OR G, H represents A or C or T, N represents A or C or G or T, R represents A or G and Y represents C or T. PCR amplification of fragments from the PBMC cDNA library was conducted using touch-down PCR amplification conditions, which consist of 1 cycle at 94° C. for 8 min; 3 cycles of 94° C. for 30 seconds, 58° C. for 45 seconds and 72° C. for 1 min; then annealing temperature changed from 58° C. to 56° C., 54° C., 52° C., 50° C., 48+ C.,46° C. and 44° C. step-wise. The reaction was carried out for 3 cycles for each annealing temperature and 25 cycles at 44° C. A PCR amplification product of about 500 base pairs (bp) was generated and is denoted herein as nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃.

The amplified DNA fragment was purified with Qiagen gel purification kit, available from Qiagen, La Jolla, Calif.) and PCR products were cloned into the TA cloning vector (available from Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.), and the resulting clones were sequenced using an ABI Prism™ Model 377 Automatic DNA Sequencer (available from Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems Inc., Foster City, Calif.). DNA sequencing reactions were performed using Prism™ dRhodamine Terminator Cycle Sequencing Ready Reaction kits (available from PE Applied Biosystems Inc.).

The sequencing results indicated that nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃ contained 483 nucleotides and coded for a portion of canine IL-13Rα1. The coding strand of nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃ was shown to have a nucleic acid sequence referred to herein as SEQ ID NO:48.

To identify a cDNA encoding a full-length canine IL-13 Rα1 protein, nCaIL-13Rα1₄₈₃ was labeled with 32P and used as a probe to screen the canine PBMC cDNA library described above. Hybridization was done at about 6×SSC, 5×Denhardt's solution, 0.5% SDS, 100 μg/ml of ssDNA at about 68° C., for about 36 hr. (the compositions of SSC, Denhardt's and ssDNA are described in Sambrook et al., ibid.). The filters were washed 3 times, for about 30 minutes per wash, at about 55° C. in about 2×SSC, 0.2% SDS, followed by a final wash of about 30 minutes in the same buffer except using about 1×SSC. Ninety six positive clones were selected in the first screen. Sixty of 96 clones scored as positive by PCR when 13Rα1 and 13R1R1 primers were used in the reaction. Two positive clones (clone #44 and #48) from this screening were picked for excision using ExAssis™/SOLR™ system (available from Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.); DNA was isolated from each clone, purified by mini-prep and submitted for sequencing. The cDNA insert of clone # 44 was sequenced for both strands using vector flanking primers and gene-specific internal primers. Sequence analysis was performed using the GAP program of GCG (available from the University of Wisconsin) using the alignment settings of: gap weight set at 50, length weight set at 3, and average match set at 10 for nucleic acid sequence comparisons; and gap weight set at 12, length weight set at 4, and average match set at 2.912 for amino acid sequence comparisons. The cDNA insert, determined to be 1547 bp in length, is referred to herein as nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇, the coding strand of which was shown to have a nucleic acid sequence denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:49. The complement of SEQ ID NO:49 is represented herein by SEQ ID NO:51. Translation of SEQ ID NO:2 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα1₁₅₄₇ encodes a full-length IL-13Rα1 protein of about 405 amino acids, denoted herein as PcaIL-13Rα1₄₀₅, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:50, assuming an open reading frame spannning from nucleotide 1 to nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:49 and a stop codon spanning from nucleotide 1216 through nucleotide 1218 of SEQ ID NO:49. The coding region encoding PcaIL-13Rα1₄₀₅ is presented herein as nCaIL-13Rα1₁₂₁₅, which has the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:52 (the coding strand) and SEQ ID NO:53 (the complementary strand).

EXAMPLE 3

This example describes the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules encoding a canine IL-13 receptor α2 (i.e., nCaIL-13Rα2) nucleic acids molecules of the present invention.

The same PBMC cDNA library described in Example 1 and a canine mast cell cDNA library were used as templates for the amplification of nCaIL-13Rα2 nucleic acid molecules. The canine mast cell cDNA library was prepared as follows. Total RNA was extracted from approximately 7×10⁸ freshly harvested canine mast cells using an acid-guanidinium-phenol-chloroform method similar to that described by Chomzynski et al., 1987, Anal. Biochem 162, 156-159. Poly A⁺ selected RNA was separated from the total RNA preparation by oligo-dT cellulose chromatography using the mRNA Purification Kit (available from Pharmacia, Newark, N.J.) according to the method recommended by the manufacturer. The canine mast cell cDNA library was constructed in lambda-Uni-ZAP® Synthesis Kit protocol (available from Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.), using Stratagene's ZAP-cDNA Synthesis Kit protocol. Approximately 5 micrograms (μg) of mast cell Poly A⁺ RNA was used to produce the mast cell cDNA library. Four degenerate synthetic oligonucleotide primers were designed from the conserved region of IL-13 receptor α2 chains from mouse and human: Primer 13R2F1D, a sense primer corresponding to amino acid residues from 28 through 40 of human IL-13 receptor chain denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:50 as found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,710,023, ibid has the sequence 5′GARATHAARGTNAAYCCNCCNCARGAYTTYGARAT 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:85. Primer 13R2F2D, a sense primer corresponding to amino acid residues from 91 through 100 of the same human IL-13 receptor α2 has the sequence 5′ TAYAARGAYGGNTTCTGAYYTNAAYAARGGNATHGA 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:86. Primer 13R2R1D, a anti-sense primer corresponding to amino acid residues from 317 through 326 of the same human IL-13 receptor α2 has the sequence 5′ CCAYTCNSWCCADATNCCRTCRTCNGCRCARTADATRTTNACYTT 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:87, and primer 13R2R2D, another anti-sense primer corresponding to amino acid residues from 174 through 181 of the same human IL-13 receptor α2 has the sequence 5′GCRTGRTCNARNCCYTCRTACCA 3′, also known as SEQ ID NO:88, where D represents A, T OR G, H represents A or C or T, N represents A or C or G or T, R represents A or G and Y represents C or T. PCR amplifications of DNA fragments from the cDNA libraries were conducted using the touch-down PCR amplification conditions as described in Example 1 with an M13 reverse primer (available from Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, Calif.) and the 13R2R1D primer. The reaction mix from the first PCR was used as the template in the second PCR with a T3 primer (available from Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, Calif.) and the 13R2R2D primer to amplify a DNA fragment of about 750 bp denoted herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀.

The amplified DNA fragment was purified with the Qiagen gel purification kit, PCR products were cloned into the TA cloning vector and the resulting clones were sequenced as described in Example 1.

The sequencing results indicated that nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀ the cDNA contained 620 nucleotides and coded for the amino-terminal portion of a canine IL-13Rα2 protein. The coding strand of nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀ was shown to have a nucleic acid sequence referred to herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀, also denoted as SEQ ID NO:54. Translation of SEQ ID NO:54 shows that the nucleic acid nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀ encodes a partial protein of 145 amino acids, denoted herein as PcaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:55, assuming an open reading frame having an initiation codon spanning from nucleotide 184 through nucleotide 186 of SEQ ID NO:54 and continuing through nucleotide 620 of SEQ ID NO:54. The complement of SEQ ID NO:54 is represented herein by SEQ ID NO:56.

A similar PCR cloning approach was used to isolate a cDNA encoding the carbonyl terminal region of a canine IL-13Rα2 protein. The canine mast cell library was used as the template. Two primer sets, 13R2F1D/T7 and 13R2F2D/KS, were used in the PCR. The reaction mix from the first PCR was used in the second PCR with 13R2F2D/13R2R1D and 13R2F2/13R2R1D primer sets, respectively. DNA fragments of predicted size were purified and submitted for sequencing. The sequencing result showed that the DNA fragments coded for canine IL13-Rα2 proteins.

Specific IL-13-Rα2 primers were designed based on the obtained canine IL-13-Rα2 DNA sequence. 13R2F5 with the DNA sequence of 5′AGCGGATCCCTCTATGCTTTCAAATGCTGAGATAAAAGTTAATCCTCCTCAG G 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:89 and 13R2F2 with the sequence of 5′TGGACATCACCACAAGGAAATCGGG 3′, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:90. A PCR reaction mixture generated using 13R2F5/M13 forward primers was used as the template in a second PCR with 13R2F2 and T7 primers in a manner as described in Example 1. An approximately 900 bp DNA fragment was detected in the reaction. This DNA fragment, denoted herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈ was purified and subcloned into TA vector. The positive clones were purified and submitted for sequencing as described in Example 1. The sequencing results indicated that the nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈ molecule contained 878 nucleotides and coded for the carboxyl portion of canine IL-13Rα2 and also includes the untranslated terminal region (UTR). The coding strand of nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈ was shown to have a nucleic acid sequence referred to herein as SEQ ID NO:57. Translation of SEQ ID NO:57 shows that the nucleic acid nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈ encodes a protein of 255 amino acids, denoted herein as PCaIL-13Rα2₂₅₅, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:58, assuming an open reading frame spanning from nucleotide 1 to nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:57 and a stop codon spanning from nucleotide 766 through nucleotide 768 of SEQ ID NO:57. The complement of SEQ ID NO:57 is represented herein by SEQ ID NO:59.

A cDNA encoding a full-length canine IL-13Rα2 protein was constructed by lining up nCaIL-13Rα2₆₂₀ and nCaIL-13Rα2₈₇₈ to form a consensus nucleic acid molecule sequence, referred to herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄, the coding strand of which has a nucleic acid sequence denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:60 and the complementary strand which has a nucleic acid sequence represented herein by SEQ ID NO:62. Translation of SEQ ID NO:60 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₁₄₅₄ encodes a full-length IL-13Rα2 protein of 386 amino acids, denoted herein as PcaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆, the amino acid sequence of which is presented in SEQ ID NO:61, assuming an open reading frame having an initiation codon spanning from nucleotide 184 through nucleotide 186 of SEQ ID NO:60 and a stop codon spanning from nucleotide 1342 through nucleotide 1345 of SEQ ID NO:60. The coding region encoding PcaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆ is presented herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₁₁₅₈, which has the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:63 (the coding strand) and SEQ ID NO:64 (the complementary strand). A putative signal sequence coding region extends from nucleotide 184 through nucleotide 246 of SEQ ID NO:60. The proposed mature protein (i.e., canine IL-13Rα2 protein from which the signal sequence has been cleaved), denoted herein as PCAIL-13Rα2₃₆₅, contains about 365 amino acids, extending from residue 22 through residue 386 of SEQ ID NO:61; amino acid sequence of PCaIL-13Rα2₃₆₅ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:66. The nucleic acid molecule encoding PCaIL-13Rα2₃₆₅ is denoted herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₁₀₉₅, extending from nucleotide 247 through nucleotide 1345 of SEQ ID NO:60. nCaIL-13Rα2₁₀₉₅ has a coding sequence denoted SEQ ID NO:65 and a complementary sequence denoted SEQ ID NO:67. PCaIL-13Rα2₃₈₆ has an apparent extracellular domain, extending from residue S-22 to T-338 of SEQ ID NO:61, denoted herein as PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈, represented herein by SEQ ID NO:69. The nucleic acid molecule encoding PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈ is denoted herein as nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄, extending from nucleotide 247 through nucleotide 1197 of SEQ ID NO:60. nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ has a coding sequence denoted SEQ ID NO:68 and a complementary sequence represented herein by SEQ ID NO:70. PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈, represented herein by SEQ ID NO:69. The nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄, herein denoted SEQ ID NO:69, when expressed in Escherichia coli is processed with an additional methionine (ATG) start sequence on the amino terminal end of the nucleic acid sequence. Translation of nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ results in a protein PCaIL-13αRα2₃₁₈ which also contains the additional methionine at the amino terminal end.

EXAMPLE 4

This example describes the preparation of canine IL-13Rα2-Fc chimeric nucleic acid molecules, recombinant molecules and recombinant cells as well as expression and biological activity of respective fusion proteins of the present invention. A. Construction of canine IL-13Rα2 chimeric nucleic acid molecules, recombinant molecule sequences and recombinant cells.

In order to create a canine chimeric nCaIL13-Rα2-Fc nucleic acid molecules, four specific primers were designed based on nCaIL13-Rα2₉₅₄ and canine IgE-Fc nucleic acid sequences. Canine IgE-Fc nucleic acid and amino acid sequences are disclosed in U.S.C.A. entitled “CANINE IMMUNOGLOBULIN G MOLECULES AND RELATED METHODS”, filed Apr. 7, 2000 by Tang referred to The following primers were constructed: primer 13R2FcF (forward primer containing an NdeI site), with the sequence

5 ′GCACATATGTCTATGCTTTCAAATGCTGAATAAAAGTTAATCCTCCTCAGG3 ′, denoted SEQ ID NO:91; primer 13R2FcR2 (reverse primer containing a BamHI site), with the sequence

5′AAAGGATCCGGTTTCCTTCCAGATATCATTTCCAGC3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:92; primer CIgGFcF (forward primer containing a BamHI site), having the sequence 5° CCGGGATCCAACACTAAAGTAGACAAGCGTG 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:93; and primer cIgGFcR (reverse primer containing a XhoI site), having the sequence

5′ GCGCTCGAGTCATTTACCCGGAGAATGGGAGGG 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:94.

A nCaIL13-Rα2₉₅₄ nucleic acid molecule (with coding strand of SEQ ID NO:68) that encodes an extracellular portion of canine IL-13Rαc2 DNA (from S²² to T³³⁸) was PCR amplified from the mast cell cDNA library described in Example 2 using the above primers to introduce restriction sites NdeI and BamHI, the resulting product was digested with NdeI and BamHI; restriction enzymes (available from New England Biolabs, Inc., Beverly, Mass.). NdeI/BamHI digested nucleic acid molecule nCaIL13-Rα2₉₅₄ was fractionated on a 1% agarose gel, purified with Qiagen gel purification kit (available from Qiagen, La Jolla, Calif.) and subcloned into similarly cleaved plasmid λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B, produced as described in PCT Patent Publication No. WO; 98/12563, published Mar. 26, 1998 by Grieve, et al. After confirmation of the correct ligation of NdeI/BamHI digested canine nCaIL13-Rα2₉₅₄ into the λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B plasmid by DNA sequencing, λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B vector containing nCaIL 13-Rα2₉₅₄ referred to herein as recombinant molecule pλp_(R)-nCaIL13-Rα2₉₅₄ was digested with BamHI and XhoI restriction enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding four canine IgG-Fc partial-length proteins were constructed by combining a nCa IL-13Rα2₉₅₄ fragment of the BamHI/XhoI digest with a IgG-Fc fragment, produced by methods of which are described herein, as follows:

Nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523₁₆₈₃ includes nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain nucleic acid molecule the coding strand of which includes nucleotides 748 through 1473 of SEQ ID NO:51. Fusion protein PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523 includes PCaIL-13Ra2₃₁₈ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain protein that includes amino acids 227 through 468 of SEQ ID NO:52.

Chimeric nCaIL-13Ra2-Fc-3523₁₆₈₃, in which Ndel/BamHI digested nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ is ligated to nCaFcγ3523₁₄₇₃, has a coding strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:71 and a complementary strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:73.

Translation of SEQ ID NO:71 shows that the nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523₁₆₈₃ encodes a fusion protein of 561 amino acids, denoted herein as PcaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523₅₆₁.

The chimeric nucleic acid molecule was ligated into λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B to form recombinant molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523₁₆₈₃, which was transformed into E. coli to form recombinant cell nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523₁₆₈₃.

Nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325₁₆₉₅ includes nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain nucleic acid molecule the coding strand of which includes nucleotides 713 through 1450 of SEQ ID NO:66.

Fusion protein PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325 includes PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain protein that includes amino acids 228 through 473 of SEQ ID NO:67.

Chimeric nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325₁₆₉₅, in which NdeI/BamHI digested nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ is ligated to nCaFcγ4325₁₄₅₀, has a coding strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:74 and a complementary strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:76.

Translation of SEQ ID NO:74 shows that the nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325₁₆₉₅ encodes a fusion protein of 565 amino acids, denoted herein as PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325₅₆₅.

The chimeric nucleic acid molecule was ligated into λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B to form recombinant molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325₁₆₉₅, which was transformed into E. coli to form recombinant cell nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-4325₁₆₉₅.

Nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₁₆₈₉ includes nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain nucleic acid molecule the coding strand of which includes nucleotides 725 through 1453 of SEQ ID NO:63.

Fusion protein PCaIL-13RαR2-Fc-B9₅₆₃ includes PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain protein that includes amino acids 232 through 474 of SEQ ID NO:64.

Chimeric nCaIL-13RαR2-Fc-B9₁₆₈₉, in which NdeI/BamHI digested nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ is ligated to nCaFcγ B9₄₇₄, has a coding strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:77 and a complementary strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:79.

Translation of SEQ ID NO:77 shows that the nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₁₆₈₉ encodes a fusion protein of 563 amino acids, denoted herein as PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₅₆₃.

The chimeric nucleic acid molecule was ligated into λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B to form recombinant molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₁₆₈₉, which was transformed into E. coli to form recombinant cell nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₁₆₈₉.

Nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₁₆₈₃ includes nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain nucleic acid molecule the coding strand of which includes nucleotides 732 through 1457 of SEQ ID NO:57.

Fusion protein PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₅₆₁ includes PCaIL-13Rα2₃₁₈ linked to a canine Ig gamma chain protein that includes amino acids 229 through 470 of SEQ ID NO:58.

Chimeric nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₁₆₈₃, in which NdeI/BamHI digested nCaIL-13Rα2₉₅₄ is ligated to nCaFcγ B9₄₇₄, has a coding strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:80 and a complementary strand the nucleic acid sequence of which is represented by SEQ ID NO:82.

Translation of SEQ ID NO:80 shows that the nucleic acid molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₁₆₈₃ encodes a fusion protein of 561 amino acids, denoted herein as PcaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₅₆₁.

The chimeric nucleic acid molecule was ligated into λPRcro/T2ori/RSET-B to form recombinant molecule nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₁₆₈₃, which was transformed into E. coli to form recombinant cell nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₁₆₈₃.

B Expression, refolding and biological activity of IL-13Rα2-Fc fusion proteins.

Recombinant cells nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-3523₁₆₈₃, nCaIL-13Ra2-Fc-4325₁₆₉₅, nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₁₆₈₉, and nCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B8₁₆₈₃ produced as described in Example 3A were each cultured at 30° C. for 5 hours until the culture reached an OD of expression of 1.2 the fusion protein was induced by changing the culture temperature to 42° C. for 3 hours. Cell pellets were then collected by centrifugation at 3000×g. Each of the four recombinant cells expressed its respective fusion protein as determined by appearance of the correct molecular weight band on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel using standard conditions and protein markers.

Fusion protein PCaIL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₅₆₃ (SEQ ID NO:78) was solubilized by the following method: the cell pellet was resuspended in cracking buffer (25 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, available from Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) at 100 mg/ml (milligrams per milliliter) and homogenized with a polytron (available from Brinkman Instrument, Westbury, N.Y.). The cells were broken using a microfluidizer (available from Microfluidics, Newton, Mass.) at 120 psi by recirculating 20 ml batches of resuspended cells for 30 pulses. The broken cell suspension was centrifuged at 30,000 times gravity (×g) for 30 minutes. The cell pellet from this centrifugation was resuspended (same volume as above) in a buffer containing 25 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 1% deoxycholate, and 1% Triton X-100 (all available from Sigma), and rocked for 30 minutes at 4° C., centrifuged at 30,000×g for 30 minutes, the pellet was resuspended in cracking buffer (above), and recentrifuged at 1000×g for 5 minutes. The supernatant from the low-speed centrifugation (1000×g)was then recentrifuged at 30,000×g for 30 minutes. The pellet was resuspended (same volume as above) in 25 mM Tris-HCl pH 9.5, 8 M urea, and 50 mM beta-mercaptoethanol (all available from Sigma). The resuspended inclusion bodies were incubated at 4° C. for 30 minutes, recentrifuged at 30,000×g for 30 minutes, yielding a supernatant that contains solubilized IL-13Rα2-Fc fusion protein. The protein concentration of the supernatant containing the fusion protein as determined by absorbance at 280 nanometers (nm), was approximately 1 mg/ml.

Using solubilized chimera PCAIL-13Rα2-Fc-B 9₅₆₃, a number of different refolding conditions were tried. To 10 mls of resolubilized PCAIL-13 Rα2-Fc-B9₅₆₃, 1.1 ml of a buffer in Column A of Table 7 was added to the solubilized IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₅₆₃ such that final concentrations as noted in Table 7 were achieved. The resulting mixture was incubated at 30° C. for 2 hours, then 120 ml of a buffer from Column B of Table 7 was added, to give final concentrations as noted in Table 7. This mixture was incubated overnight at 4° C. The resulting material was then placed into 12,000 MWCO dialysis membranes (available from Spectrum, Gardena, Calif.), and dialyzed overnight at 4° C. against phosphate buffered saline (PBS pH 7.5), with three changes of 4 liters each. The dialyzed protein was centrifuged at 10,000×g for 30 minutes, and the supernatant was collected.

The ability of PCaIL13-Rα2-Fc fusion protein refolded under each set of conditions to inhibit the biological activity of recombinant canine IL-13 was determined by TF-1 cell proliferation. TF-1 cells (available from R&D Systems, Minneapolis, Minn.), a human erthyroleukemia cell line, were maintained in RPMI-1640 media (available from Sigma Chemical Corp) supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine (available from Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, Md.), 5 microgram (μg)/ml gentamycin (available from Sigma Chemical Corp), 5% fetal bovine serum (available from Summit, Fort Collins, Co.), and 2 nanogram/ml recombinant human GM-CSF (rhuGM-CSF, available from R&D systems), referred to as Complete Culture Medium. Cells were cultured in a humidified incubator, maintained at 37° C. with a mix of 5% CO₂ and 95% ambient air.

PCaIL13-Rα2-Fc fusion protein supernatants, produced as described above and canine IL-13 (prepared as described in U.S. Ser. No. 09/322,409, filed May 28, 1999) were each diluted to the appropriate concentration in Complete Culture Medium (see above), without rhuGM-CSF, and filter sterilized. The diluted IL-13 and fusion protein solutions were then mixed at an initial cytokine to receptor molar ratio of either 1:25 (6.6 ug/ml for IL-13α2-Fc, and 50 ng/ml IL-13) or 1:125 cytokine to receptor (6.6 ug/ml for IL-13α2-Fc, and 10 ng/ml IL-13) and incubated overnight at 4° C. in a sterile, 96-well flat bottom tissue culture plate (available from Beckton Dickson Labware, Franklin Lakes, N.J.). Cultured TF-1 cells were then extensively washed to remove rhuGM-CSF and added at 1×10⁴ cells per well. Cells were incubated with the recombinant canine IL-13/IL-13Rα2-Fc fusion protein mixture as described above (except in the absence of rhuGM-CSF) for 48 hours, then pulsed with 1 microcurie per well tritiated thymidine (available from ICN Pharmaceuticals, Irvine, Calif.) and incubation continued for another 18 hours. Contents of the wells were harvested onto glass fiber filters (available from Wallac, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.), and counted in a Wallac Trilux 1450 scintillation counter (available from Wallac Inc).

TABLE 7 Refolding conditions and resultant activity for PCaIL-13Rα2-Fe-B9₅₆₃. Percent inhibi- Percent inhibi- tion of IL-13 tion of IL-13 stimulated stimulated TF-1 cell pro- TF-1 cell pro- Con- liferation; IL- liferation; IL- dition Buffer A Buffer B 13 at 50 ng/ml 13 at 10 ng/ml 1A 25 mM GSH, 50 mM Tris pH 29.4 30.9 6 mM DTT 10, 12.5 mM 0.05% Tween cysteine, 2 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 1B 25 mM GSH, 6 50 mM Tris pH 34.6 43.7 mM DTT 8, 12.5 mM 0.05% Tween cysteine, 2 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 1C 25 mM GSH, 6 50 mM Tris pH 92.3 100 mM DTT 10, 2.7 mM 0.05% Tween GSSG, 0.8 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 1D 25 mM GSH, 6 50 mM Tris pH 31.7 99.8 mM DTT 8, 2.7 mM 0.05% Tween GSSG, 0.8 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 2A 25 mM GSSG, 50 mM Tris pH 19.7 35.1 6 mM DTT, 10, 12.5 mM 0.05% Tween- cysteine, 2 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 2B 25 mM GSSG, 50 mM Tris pH 24 18 6 mM DTT, 8, 12.5 mM 0.05% Tween- cysteine, 2 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 2C 25 mM GSSG, 50 mM Tris pH 11.9 16 6 mM DTT, 10, 2.7 mM 0.05% Tween- GSSG, 0.8 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 2D 25 mM GSSG, 50 mM Tris pH 28.8 7.5 6 mM DTT, 8, 2.7 mM 0.05% Tween- GSSG, 0.8 mM 80, 1 mM EDTA EDTA 3A 6 mM DTT, 50 mM Tris pH 44.7 81.3 0.05% Tween- 10, 12.5 mM 80, 1 mM cysteine, 2 mM EDTA EDTA 3B 6 mM DTT, 50 mM Tris pH 92.5 96.3 0.05% Tween- 8, 12.5 mM 80, 1 mM cysteine, 2 mM EDTA EDTA 3C 6 mM DTT, 50 mM Tris pH 95.4 98.9 0.05% Tween- 10, 2.7 mM 80, 1 mM GSSG, 0.8 mM EDTA EDTA 3D 6 mM DTT, 50 mM Tris pH 32.7 49.9 0.05% Tween- 8, 2.7 mM 80, 1 mM GSSG, 0.8 mM EDTA EDTA

Results from Table 7 indicated that refolding conditions 1C, 3B, and 3C (see above table) yielded IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₅₆₃ fusion protein preparations with roughly equivalent activities, as measured in the TF-1 assay. Condition 3C was chosen as the standard condition with which to produce IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9₅₆₃ fusion protein for the subsequent experiments.

C. Competition assay, IL-13RαR2-Fc-B9 v. IL-13.

In the following experiment, the ability of IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 fusion protein to inhibit the biological activity of canine IL-13 was determined by the TF-1 cell proliferation assay as described in Example 3B. IL-13 and IL-13RαR2-Fc-B9 were described in Example 3B such that the concentration of IL-13 in the mixture was 50 ng/ml and that of Il-13Rα2-Fc-B9 was as indicated in Table 8.

TABLE 8 Competition assay, IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 v. IL-13. Sample Percent inhibition of IL-13 Number μg/ml IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 stimulated TF-1 proliferation 1 13.2 100 2 6.6 99 3 3.3 98 4 1.6 92 5 0.8 38 6 0.4 0 7 0.2 0 8 0.1 0 9 media 0 10 no cells 0

Results indicate that IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 inhibited the biological activity of canine IL-13 in a dose dependent manner as measured by TF-1 cell proliferation. IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 at 3.3 and 6.6 μg/ml inhibited over 95% of canine IL-13 activity in the bioassay, and at 1.6 μg/ml inhibited 92% of canine IL-13 activity in the bioassay, indicating the ability of IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 to bind canine IL-13.

EXAMPLE 5

This example describes the ability of IL13-Rα2-Fc-B9 to inhibit IL-13 stimulation of canine peripheral blood mononuclear cells to produce antigen-specific antibody.

A. Preparation of canine PBMC cultures.

Canine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from flea saliva-sensitized dogs were prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,646,115, issued Jul. 8, 1997, entitled “NOVEL ECTOPARASITE SALIVA PROTEINS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT SUCH PROTEINS” by Frank et al. incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.

B. Inhibition Assay

PBMCs were cultured for 2 weeks in RPMI media containing 5% normal dog serum (available from Gemini, Calabasas, Calif.), 200 mM L-glutamine, 50 μg/ml gentamicin, 1×non-essential amino acids, 1×amino acids, 1×sodium pyruvate, and approximately 5.5×10−5 M beta-mercaptoethanol. (All these components available from Sigma Chemical Co).

The following sample reactions were set up: (1) medium only plus cells (2) flea saliva product 1 μg/ml(prepared as described in Example 4A); (3) flea saliva product (obtained as described in Example 4A) plus IL-13Rα2-B9 at 6.6 μg/ml; (4) IL-13 (as described in Example 3B) at 50 ng/ml; (5) IL-13 (50 ng/ml) plus IL-13Rα2-B9(6.6 μg/ml), preincubated together before addition to the assay overnight at 4° C.; and (6) medium alone, no cells.

The results are set forth in Table 9, below. Flea saliva product (prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,646,115.) was diluted in 100 μl CBC buffer (50 mM sodium carbonate, 50 nM sodium bicarbonate, pH 9.6) and coated at a concentration of 100 nanograms per well onto Immulon II microtiter plates (available from Dynex Technologies, Chantilly, Va.). The coated plates were covered and incubated overnight coated at 4° C. Excess fluid was removed and wells were blocked with 200 μl Assay Buffer for one hour at room temperature. Assay buffer contains 4% fetal calf serum (available from Summit Laboratories, Fort Collins, Co.) in phosphate buffered saline (PBS, recipe in Sambrook, ibid.), plus 0.05% Tween-20 (available from Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). Plates were then washed for 4 cycles on an automatic plate washer (Ultrawash, available from Dynatech Laboratories) using PBS with 0.05% Tween-20.

Samples as described in above, were diluted 1.6 fold with assay buffer and 100 μl/well was applied to duplicate wells for an 18 hour incubation at 4° C. Positive control wells received 100 μl of a pool of flea allergic dog sera (FAD Pool #9) titered 1:10 to 1:320 by two-fold dilution in the IgE assay and 1:50 to 1:1600 by two fold dilution in the IgG assay (not shown). Control wells, cells from sample (6) were treated identically except that no serum was added. Plates were then washed as described above.

To determine IgE production in the samples, biotinylated human IgE receptor alpha chain (Fc_(εα)R1α-biotin) (100 μl of 13 ng/ml) prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,945,294, ibid., was added and incubated for one hour at room temperature. After this incubation, plates were washed as described above. Streptavidin-horseradish peroxidase conjugate (0.5 mg/ml, available from KPL Labs, Gaithersburg, Md.) was added at a 1:5000 dilution (100 ng/ml) in Assay Buffer for one hour at room temperature, after which plates were washed as described above.

To determine IgG production in the samples, 100 ng of horseradish peroxidase-labeled goat anti-dog IgG (KPL Labs) was added to each well and incubated for a one hour at room temperature. TMB peroxidase substrate system, (2 part system available from KPL Labs, #0-76-00), added at 100 μl per well, was used according to the manufacturer's directions. The color reaction was allowed to proceed until good color development was reached (about 10-15 min); then the reaction was stopped with 100 μl per well of 1 M phosphoric acid.

Bound IgE or IgG was determined by measuring absorbance (Optical Density, or OD) at 450 nm (nanometers) using an ELISA plate reader (such as Spectramax”, Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif.). Background OD readings in the control wells were subtracted from all numbers. Results are reported in Table 9 as OD multiplied by 1000, and are the mean of duplicate wells. OD numbers greater than 100 are considered to be positive for a reaction with IgE or IgG.

TABLE 9 Effect of IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 on Flea-allergic canine PBMC cultures, antigen-specific and IgE and IgG production. Sample Sample Treatment OD, IgE OD, IgG 1 Medium plus cells 102 1095 2 Flea saliva, 1 μg/ml 42 1397 3 FS + PCaIL13-Rα2-Fc-B9 43 950 4 IL-13 alone 879 1589 5 IL-13 + PCaIL13-Rα2-Fc-B9 86 775 6 background (3 wells) 70 881

Results in Table 9 indicate that while IL-13 stimulates antigen-specific IgE production from PBMC, the IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 chimera prevents the IL-13 stimulation, demonstrating that IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 chimera binds to IL-13. In samples 2 and 3, the PBMCs were cultured with flea saliva antigen or with flea saliva antigen plus IL-13Rα2-Fc-B9 chimera. However, no effect was seen on the IgE production of the PBMCs in response to incubation with flea saliva.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it is apparent that modifications and adaptations of those embodiments will occur to those skilled in the art. It is to be expressly understood, however, that such modifications and adaptations are within the scope of the present invention, as set forth in the following claims.

                   #             SEQUENCE LISTING <160> NUMBER OF SEQ ID NOS: 104 <210> SEQ ID NO 1 <211> LENGTH: 51 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(51) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 1 ttc aat gaa tgc aga tgc act gat aca ccc cc #a tgc cca gtc cct gaa       48 Phe Asn Glu Cys Arg Cys Thr Asp Thr Pro Pr #o Cys Pro Val Pro Glu 1               5    #                10   #                15 cct                   #                   #                   #             51 Pro <210> SEQ ID NO 2 <211> LENGTH: 17 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 2 Phe Asn Glu Cys Arg Cys Thr Asp Thr Pro Pr #o Cys Pro Val Pro Glu 1               5    #                10   #                15 Pro <210> SEQ ID NO 3 <211> LENGTH: 51 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 3 aggttcaggg actgggcatg ggggtgtatc agtgcatctg cattcattga a  #             51 <210> SEQ ID NO 4 <211> LENGTH: 1654 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (70)..(1473) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 4 ggcacgagcc agcccccagg atccccaggt gaccccattc agtgctcagg ac #acaacaca     60 gacaccacc atg gag tct gtg ttc tgc tgg gtt ttc # ctt gtc gtt att tta    111           Met Glu Ser Val Phe  #Cys Trp Val Phe Leu Val Val Ile Leu           1         #       5            #        10 aaa ggt gtc cag ggt gag gtg cag ttg gtg ga #g tct ggg gga gac ctg      159 Lys Gly Val Gln Gly Glu Val Gln Leu Val Gl #u Ser Gly Gly Asp Leu 15                   #20                   #25                   #30 gtg aag cct ggg ggg tcc ctg aga ctc tcc tg #t gtg gcc tct gga ttc      207 Val Lys Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cy #s Val Ala Ser Gly Phe                 35   #                40   #                45 acc ttc agt tcg tac tac atg cat tgg atc cg #c cag gct cca ggg aag      255 Thr Phe Ser Ser Tyr Tyr Met His Trp Ile Ar #g Gln Ala Pro Gly Lys             50       #            55       #            60 ggg ctt cag cgg gtc gca cat att aga ggt ga #t gga agg act aca cac      303 Gly Leu Gln Arg Val Ala His Ile Arg Gly As #p Gly Arg Thr Thr His         65           #        70           #        75 tac gca gac gct atg aag ggc cga ttc acc at #c tcc aga gac aac gcc      351 Tyr Ala Asp Ala Met Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Il #e Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala     80               #    85               #    90 aag aac acg ctg tat ctg cag atg aat agc ct #g aca gtc gaa gac acg      399 Lys Asn Thr Leu Tyr Leu Gln Met Asn Ser Le #u Thr Val Glu Asp Thr 95                   #100                  #105                  #110 gct att tat tac tgt gta aag gac ata tac ta #t ggg gtc ggg gac tat      447 Ala Ile Tyr Tyr Cys Val Lys Asp Ile Tyr Ty #r Gly Val Gly Asp Tyr                 115   #               120   #               125 tgg ggc cag gga acc ctg gtc acc gtc tcc tc #a gcc tcc acc acg gcc      495 Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Se #r Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala             130       #           135       #           140 ccc tcg gtt ttc cca ctg gcc ccc agc tgc gg #g tcc act tcc ggc tcc      543 Pro Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gl #y Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser         145           #       150           #       155 acg gtg gcc ctg gcc tgc ctg gtg tca ggc ta #c ttc ccc gag cct gta      591 Thr Val Ala Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Ty #r Phe Pro Glu Pro Val     160               #   165               #   170 act gtg tcc tgg aat tcc ggc tcc ttg acc ag #c ggt gtg cac acc ttc      639 Thr Val Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Se #r Gly Val His Thr Phe 175                 1 #80                 1 #85                 1 #90 ccg tcc gtc ctg cag tcc tca ggg ctt cac tc #c ctc agc agc atg gtg      687 Pro Ser Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu His Se #r Leu Ser Ser Met Val                 195   #               200   #               205 aca gtg ccc tcc agc agg tgg ccc agc gag ac #c ttc acc tgc aac gtg      735 Thr Val Pro Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Th #r Phe Thr Cys Asn Val             210       #           215       #           220 gtc cac cca gcc agc aac act aaa gta gac aa #g cca gtg ttc aat gaa      783 Val His Pro Ala Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Ly #s Pro Val Phe Asn Glu         225           #       230           #       235 tgc aga tgc act gat aca ccc cca tgc cca gt #c cct gaa cct ctg gga      831 Cys Arg Cys Thr Asp Thr Pro Pro Cys Pro Va #l Pro Glu Pro Leu Gly     240               #   245               #   250 ggg cct tcg gtc ctc atc ttt ccc ccg aaa cc #c aag gac atc ctc agg      879 Gly Pro Ser Val Leu Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pr #o Lys Asp Ile Leu Arg 255                 2 #60                 2 #65                 2 #70 att acc cga aca ccc gag gtc acc tgt gtg gt #g tta gat ctg ggc cgt      927 Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Va #l Leu Asp Leu Gly Arg                 275   #               280   #               285 gag gac cct gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gt #g gat ggt aag gag gtg      975 Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Va #l Asp Gly Lys Glu Val             290       #           295       #           300 cac aca gcc aag acc cag tct cgt gag cag ca #g ttc aac ggc acc tac     1023 His Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Ser Arg Glu Gln Gl #n Phe Asn Gly Thr Tyr         305           #       310           #       315 cgt gtg gtc agc gtc ctc ccc att gag cac ca #g gac tgg ctc aca ggg     1071 Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gl #n Asp Trp Leu Thr Gly     320               #   325               #   330 aag gag ttc aag tgc aga gtc aac cac ata ga #c ctc ccg tct ccc atc     1119 Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys Arg Val Asn His Ile As #p Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile 335                 3 #40                 3 #45                 3 #50 gag agg acc atc tct aag gcc aga ggg agg gc #c cat aag ccc agt gtg     1167 Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Arg Al #a His Lys Pro Ser Val                 355   #               360   #               365 tat gtc ctg ccg cca tcc cca aag gag ttg tc #a tcc agt gac aca gtc     1215 Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Se #r Ser Ser Asp Thr Val             370       #           375       #           380 agc atc acc tgc ctg ata aaa gac ttc tac cc #a cct gac att gat gtg     1263 Ser Ile Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Tyr Pr #o Pro Asp Ile Asp Val         385           #       390           #       395 gag tgg cag agc aat gga cag cag gag ccc ga #g agg aag cac cgc atg     1311 Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Gl #u Arg Lys His Arg Met     400               #   405               #   410 acc ccg ccc cag ctg gac gag gac ggg tcc ta #c ttc ctg tac agc aag     1359 Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Ty #r Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys 415                 4 #20                 4 #25                 4 #30 ctc tct gtg gac aag agc cgc tgg cag cag gg #a gac ccc ttc aca tgt     1407 Leu Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gl #y Asp Pro Phe Thr Cys                 435   #               440   #               445 gcg gtg atg cat gaa act cta cag aac cac ta #c aca gat cta tcc ctc     1455 Ala Val Met His Glu Thr Leu Gln Asn His Ty #r Thr Asp Leu Ser Leu             450       #           455       #           460 tcc cat tct ccg ggt aaa tgagcaacac gcccggcacc ca #gcaagccc            1503 Ser His Ser Pro Gly Lys         465 cccacccttg gctctcagga tcccctgagg acacctgagc ccctgtccct gt #gtacataa   1563 ccctgggtag gcacccatca tgaaataaag cacccagcac tgccctgggc cc #tgcaaaaa   1623 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa a         #                   #        1654 <210> SEQ ID NO 5 <211> LENGTH: 468 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 5 Met Glu Ser Val Phe Cys Trp Val Phe Leu Va #l Val Ile Leu Lys Gly 1               5    #                10   #                15 Val Gln Gly Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gl #y Gly Asp Leu Val Lys             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Val Al #a Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Ser Tyr Tyr Met His Trp Ile Arg Gln Al #a Pro Gly Lys Gly Leu     50               #    55               #    60 Gln Arg Val Ala His Ile Arg Gly Asp Gly Ar #g Thr Thr His Tyr Ala 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Asp Ala Met Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Ar #g Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn                 85   #                90   #                95 Thr Leu Tyr Leu Gln Met Asn Ser Leu Thr Va #l Glu Asp Thr Ala Ile             100       #           105       #           110 Tyr Tyr Cys Val Lys Asp Ile Tyr Tyr Gly Va #l Gly Asp Tyr Trp Gly         115           #       120           #       125 Gln Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Ser Ala Se #r Thr Thr Ala Pro Ser     130               #   135               #   140 Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Th #r Ser Gly Ser Thr Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pr #o Glu Pro Val Thr Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Va #l His Thr Phe Pro Ser             180       #           185       #           190 Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu His Ser Leu Se #r Ser Met Val Thr Val         195           #       200           #       205 Pro Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Th #r Cys Asn Val Val His     210               #   215               #   220 Pro Ala Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Va #l Phe Asn Glu Cys Arg 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Cys Thr Asp Thr Pro Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Gl #u Pro Leu Gly Gly Pro                 245   #               250   #               255 Ser Val Leu Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys As #p Ile Leu Arg Ile Thr             260       #           265       #           270 Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Val Leu As #p Leu Gly Arg Glu Asp         275           #       280           #       285 Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gl #y Lys Glu Val His Thr     290               #   295               #   300 Ala Lys Thr Gln Ser Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe As #n Gly Thr Tyr Arg Val 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Tr #p Leu Thr Gly Lys Glu                 325   #               330   #               335 Phe Lys Cys Arg Val Asn His Ile Asp Leu Pr #o Ser Pro Ile Glu Arg             340       #           345       #           350 Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Arg Ala His Ly #s Pro Ser Val Tyr Val         355           #       360           #       365 Leu Pro Pro Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Se #r Asp Thr Val Ser Ile     370               #   375               #   380 Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Tyr Pro Pro As #p Ile Asp Val Glu Trp 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Arg Ly #s His Arg Met Thr Pro                 405   #               410   #               415 Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Le #u Tyr Ser Lys Leu Ser             420       #           425       #           430 Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Pr #o Phe Thr Cys Ala Val         435           #       440           #       445 Met His Glu Thr Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr As #p Leu Ser Leu Ser His     450               #   455               #   460 Ser Pro Gly Lys 465 <210> SEQ ID NO 6 <211> LENGTH: 1654 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 6 tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt ttttttgcag ggcccagggc ag #tgctgggt     60 gctttatttc atgatgggtg cctacccagg gttatgtaca cagggacagg gg #ctcaggtg    120 tcctcagggg atcctgagag ccaagggtgg ggggcttgct gggtgccggg cg #tgttgctc    180 atttacccgg agaatgggag agggatagat ctgtgtagtg gttctgtaga gt #ttcatgca    240 tcaccgcaca tgtgaagggg tctccctgct gccagcggct cttgtccaca ga #gagcttgc    300 tgtacaggaa gtaggacccg tcctcgtcca gctggggcgg ggtcatgcgg tg #cttcctct    360 cgggctcctg ctgtccattg ctctgccact ccacatcaat gtcaggtggg ta #gaagtctt    420 ttatcaggca ggtgatgctg actgtgtcac tggatgacaa ctcctttggg ga #tggcggca    480 ggacatacac actgggctta tgggccctcc ctctggcctt agagatggtc ct #ctcgatgg    540 gagacgggag gtctatgtgg ttgactctgc acttgaactc cttccctgtg ag #ccagtcct    600 ggtgctcaat ggggaggacg ctgaccacac ggtaggtgcc gttgaactgc tg #ctcacgag    660 actgggtctt ggctgtgtgc acctccttac catccacgaa ccagctgatc tg #cacctcag    720 ggtcctcacg gcccagatct aacaccacac aggtgacctc gggtgttcgg gt #aatcctga    780 ggatgtcctt gggtttcggg ggaaagatga ggaccgaagg ccctcccaga gg #ttcaggga    840 ctgggcatgg gggtgtatca gtgcatctgc attcattgaa cactggcttg tc #tactttag    900 tgttgctggc tgggtggacc acgttgcagg tgaaggtctc gctgggccac ct #gctggagg    960 gcactgtcac catgctgctg agggagtgaa gccctgagga ctgcaggacg ga #cgggaagg   1020 tgtgcacacc gctggtcaag gagccggaat tccaggacac agttacaggc tc #ggggaagt   1080 agcctgacac caggcaggcc agggccaccg tggagccgga agtggacccg ca #gctggggg   1140 ccagtgggaa aaccgagggg gccgtggtgg aggctgagga gacggtgacc ag #ggttccct   1200 ggccccaata gtccccgacc ccatagtata tgtcctttac acagtaataa at #agccgtgt   1260 cttcgactgt caggctattc atctgcagat acagcgtgtt cttggcgttg tc #tctggaga   1320 tggtgaatcg gcccttcata gcgtctgcgt agtgtgtagt ccttccatca cc #tctaatat   1380 gtgcgacccg ctgaagcccc ttccctggag cctggcggat ccaatgcatg ta #gtacgaac   1440 tgaaggtgaa tccagaggcc acacaggaga gtctcaggga ccccccaggc tt #caccaggt   1500 ctcccccaga ctccaccaac tgcacctcac cctggacacc ttttaaaata ac #gacaagga   1560 aaacccagca gaacacagac tccatggtgg tgtctgtgtt gtgtcctgag ca #ctgaatgg   1620 ggtcacctgg ggatcctggg ggctggctcg tgcc        #                   #      1654 <210> SEQ ID NO 7 <211> LENGTH: 51 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(51) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 7 ccc aaa gag tcc acc tgc aag tgt ata tcc cc #a tgc cca gtc cct gaa       48 Pro Lys Glu Ser Thr Cys Lys Cys Ile Ser Pr #o Cys Pro Val Pro Glu 1               5    #                10   #                15 tca                   #                   #                   #             51 Ser <210> SEQ ID NO 8 <211> LENGTH: 17 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 8 Pro Lys Glu Ser Thr Cys Lys Cys Ile Ser Pr #o Cys Pro Val Pro Glu 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser <210> SEQ ID NO 9 <211> LENGTH: 51 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 9 tgattcaggg actgggcatg gggatataca cttgcaggtg gactctttgg g  #             51 <210> SEQ ID NO 10 <211> LENGTH: 1460 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (48)..(1457) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 10 ccaggtgacc ccattcagtg ctcaggacac aacacagaca aaccacc atg  #gag tct       56                    #                   #                Met  #Glu Ser                    #                   #                1 gtg ctc tgc tgg gtt ttc ctt gtc tct att tt #a aaa ggt gtc cag ggt      104 Val Leu Cys Trp Val Phe Leu Val Ser Ile Le #u Lys Gly Val Gln Gly     5               #     10              #     15 gag gtg caa ctg gtg gag tct ggg gga gac ct #g gtg aag cct ggg ggg      152 Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Gly Asp Le #u Val Lys Pro Gly Gly 20                   #25                   #30                   #35 tcc ttg aga ctg tcc tgt gtg gcc tct gga tt #c acc ttc agt gac tat      200 Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Val Ala Ser Gly Ph #e Thr Phe Ser Asp Tyr                 40   #                45   #                50 ggc atg agt tgg gtc cgt cag tct cca ggg aa #g ggg ctg cag tgg gtc      248 Gly Met Ser Trp Val Arg Gln Ser Pro Gly Ly #s Gly Leu Gln Trp Val             55       #            60       #            65 gca gct gtt agc aat cgt gga gat act tac ta #c gca gac gct gtg aag      296 Ala Ala Val Ser Asn Arg Gly Asp Thr Tyr Ty #r Ala Asp Ala Val Lys         70           #        75           #        80 ggc cga ttc acc atc tcc aga gac aac gcc aa #g aac acg ctg tat ctc      344 Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala Ly #s Asn Thr Leu Tyr Leu     85               #    90               #    95 cag atg agc agc ctg aaa gcc gag gac acg gc #a atc tat cac tgt gtg      392 Gln Met Ser Ser Leu Lys Ala Glu Asp Thr Al #a Ile Tyr His Cys Val 100                 1 #05                 1 #10                 1 #15 acg gga gta tgg ccg cga cat tat tat ggt at #g gac cac tgg ggc aat      440 Thr Gly Val Trp Pro Arg His Tyr Tyr Gly Me #t Asp His Trp Gly Asn                 120   #               125   #               130 ggc acc tca ctc ttc gtg tcc tca gcc tcc ac #c acg gcc ccc tcg gtt      488 Gly Thr Ser Leu Phe Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Th #r Thr Ala Pro Ser Val             135       #           140       #           145 ttc cca ctg gcc ccc agc tgc ggg tcc act tc #c ggc tcc acg gtg gcc      536 Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Se #r Gly Ser Thr Val Ala         150           #       155           #       160 ctg gcc tgc ctg gtg tca ggc tac ttc ccc ga #g cct gta act gtg tcc      584 Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Gl #u Pro Val Thr Val Ser     165               #   170               #   175 tgg aat tcc ggc tcc ttg acc agc ggt gtg ca #c acc ttc ccg tcc gtc      632 Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val Hi #s Thr Phe Pro Ser Val 180                 1 #85                 1 #90                 1 #95 ctg cag tcc tca ggg ctc tac tcc ctc agc ag #c acg gtg aca gtg ccc      680 Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Se #r Thr Val Thr Val Pro                 200   #               205   #               210 tcc agc agg tgg ccc agc gag acc ttc acc tg #c aac gtg gtc cac ccg      728 Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cy #s Asn Val Val His Pro             215       #           220       #           225 gcc agc aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg cc #c aaa gag tcc acc tgc      776 Ala Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pr #o Lys Glu Ser Thr Cys         230           #       235           #       240 aag tgt ata tcc cca tgc cca gtc cct gaa tc #a ctg gga ggg cct tcg      824 Lys Cys Ile Ser Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Se #r Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser     245               #   250               #   255 gtc ttc atc ttt ccc ccg aaa ccc aag gac at #c ctc agg att acc cga      872 Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Il #e Leu Arg Ile Thr Arg 260                 2 #65                 2 #70                 2 #75 aca ccc gag atc acc tgt gtg gtg tta gat ct #g ggc cgt gag gac cct      920 Thr Pro Glu Ile Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Le #u Gly Arg Glu Asp Pro                 280   #               285   #               290 gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ggt aa #g gag gtg cac aca gcc      968 Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Ly #s Glu Val His Thr Ala             295       #           300       #           305 aag acg cag cct cgt gag cag cag ttc aac ag #c acc tac cgt gtg gtc     1016 Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Se #r Thr Tyr Arg Val Val         310           #       315           #       320 agc gtc ctc ccc att gag cac cag gac tgg ct #c acc gga aag gag ttc     1064 Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Le #u Thr Gly Lys Glu Phe     325               #   330               #   335 aag tgc aga gtc aac cac ata ggc ctc ccg tc #c ccc atc gag agg act     1112 Lys Cys Arg Val Asn His Ile Gly Leu Pro Se #r Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr 340                 3 #45                 3 #50                 3 #55 atc tcc aaa gcc aga ggg caa gcc cat cag cc #c agt gtg tat gtc ctg     1160 Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pr #o Ser Val Tyr Val Leu                 360   #               365   #               370 cca cca tcc cca aag gag ttg tca tcc agt ga #c acg gtc acc ctg acc     1208 Pro Pro Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser As #p Thr Val Thr Leu Thr             375       #           380       #           385 tgc ctg atc aaa gac ttc ttc cca cct gag at #t gat gtg gag tgg cag     1256 Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Il #e Asp Val Glu Trp Gln         390           #       395           #       400 agc aat gga cag ccg gag ccc gag agc aag ta #c cac acg act gcg ccc     1304 Ser Asn Gly Gln Pro Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Ty #r His Thr Thr Ala Pro     405               #   410               #   415 cag ctg gac gag gac ggg tcc tac ttc ctg ta #c agc aag ctc tct gtg     1352 Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Ty #r Ser Lys Leu Ser Val 420                 4 #25                 4 #30                 4 #35 gac aag agc cgc tgg cag cag gga gac acc tt #c aca tgt gcg gtg atg     1400 Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Thr Ph #e Thr Cys Ala Val Met                 440   #               445   #               450 cat gaa gct cta cag aac cac tac aca gat ct #a tcc ctc tcc cat tct     1448 His Glu Ala Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Le #u Ser Leu Ser His Ser             455       #           460       #           465 ccg ggt aaa tga             #                   #                   #     1460 Pro Gly Lys         470 <210> SEQ ID NO 11 <211> LENGTH: 470 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 11 Met Glu Ser Val Leu Cys Trp Val Phe Leu Va #l Ser Ile Leu Lys Gly 1               5    #                10   #                15 Val Gln Gly Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gl #y Gly Asp Leu Val Lys             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Val Al #a Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Asp Tyr Gly Met Ser Trp Val Arg Gln Se #r Pro Gly Lys Gly Leu     50               #    55               #    60 Gln Trp Val Ala Ala Val Ser Asn Arg Gly As #p Thr Tyr Tyr Ala Asp 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Ala Val Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Arg As #p Asn Ala Lys Asn Thr                 85   #                90   #                95 Leu Tyr Leu Gln Met Ser Ser Leu Lys Ala Gl #u Asp Thr Ala Ile Tyr             100       #           105       #           110 His Cys Val Thr Gly Val Trp Pro Arg His Ty #r Tyr Gly Met Asp His         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gly Asn Gly Thr Ser Leu Phe Val Ser Se #r Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala     130               #   135               #   140 Pro Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gl #y Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Thr Val Ala Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Ty #r Phe Pro Glu Pro Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Thr Val Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Se #r Gly Val His Thr Phe             180       #           185       #           190 Pro Ser Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Se #r Leu Ser Ser Thr Val         195           #       200           #       205 Thr Val Pro Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Th #r Phe Thr Cys Asn Val     210               #   215               #   220 Val His Pro Ala Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Ly #s Pro Val Pro Lys Glu 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Ser Thr Cys Lys Cys Ile Ser Pro Cys Pro Va #l Pro Glu Ser Leu Gly                 245   #               250   #               255 Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pr #o Lys Asp Ile Leu Arg             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro Glu Ile Thr Cys Val Va #l Leu Asp Leu Gly Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Va #l Asp Gly Lys Glu Val     290               #   295               #   300 His Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Gln Gl #n Phe Asn Ser Thr Tyr 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gl #n Asp Trp Leu Thr Gly                 325   #               330   #               335 Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys Arg Val Asn His Ile Gl #y Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile             340       #           345       #           350 Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Al #a His Gln Pro Ser Val         355           #       360           #       365 Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Se #r Ser Ser Asp Thr Val     370               #   375               #   380 Thr Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pr #o Pro Glu Ile Asp Val 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Pro Glu Pro Gl #u Ser Lys Tyr His Thr                 405   #               410   #               415 Thr Ala Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Ty #r Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys             420       #           425       #           430 Leu Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gl #y Asp Thr Phe Thr Cys         435           #       440           #       445 Ala Val Met His Glu Ala Leu Gln Asn His Ty #r Thr Asp Leu Ser Leu     450               #   455               #   460 Ser His Ser Pro Gly Lys 465                 4 #70 <210> SEQ ID NO 12 <211> LENGTH: 1460 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 12 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggatag atctgtgtag tggttctgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catgtgaagg tgtctccctg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca ca #gagagctt    120 gctgtacagg aagtaggacc cgtcctcgtc cagctggggc gcagtcgtgt gg #tacttgct    180 ctcgggctcc ggctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atctcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgatcagg caggtcaggg tgaccgtgtc actggatgac aactcctttg gg #gatggtgg    300 caggacatac acactgggct gatgggcttg ccctctggct ttggagatag tc #ctctcgat    360 gggggacggg aggcctatgt ggttgactct gcacttgaac tcctttccgg tg #agccagtc    420 ctggtgctca atggggagga cgctgaccac acggtaggtg ctgttgaact gc #tgctcacg    480 aggctgcgtc ttggctgtgt gcacctcctt accatccacg aaccagctga tc #tgcacctc    540 agggtcctca cggcccagat ctaacaccac acaggtgatc tcgggtgttc gg #gtaatcct    600 gaggatgtcc ttgggtttcg ggggaaagat gaagaccgaa ggccctccca gt #gattcagg    660 gactgggcat ggggatatac acttgcaggt ggactctttg ggcactggct tg #tctacttt    720 agtgttgctg gccgggtgga ccacgttgca ggtgaaggtc tcgctgggcc ac #ctgctgga    780 gggcactgtc accgtgctgc tgagggagta gagccctgag gactgcagga cg #gacgggaa    840 ggtgtgcaca ccgctggtca aggagccgga attccaggac acagttacag gc #tcggggaa    900 gtagcctgac accaggcagg ccagggccac cgtggagccg gaagtggacc cg #cagctggg    960 ggccagtggg aaaaccgagg gggccgtggt ggaggctgag gacacgaaga gt #gaggtgcc   1020 attgccccag tggtccatac cataataatg tcgcggccat actcccgtca ca #cagtgata   1080 gattgccgtg tcctcggctt tcaggctgct catctggaga tacagcgtgt tc #ttggcgtt   1140 gtctctggag atggtgaatc ggcccttcac agcgtctgcg tagtaagtat ct #ccacgatt   1200 gctaacagct gcgacccact gcagcccctt ccctggagac tgacggaccc aa #ctcatgcc   1260 atagtcactg aaggtgaatc cagaggccac acaggacagt ctcaaggacc cc #ccaggctt   1320 caccaggtct cccccagact ccaccagttg cacctcaccc tggacacctt tt #aaaataga   1380 gacaaggaaa acccagcaga gcacagactc catggtggtt tgtctgtgtt gt #gtcctgag   1440 cactgaatgg ggtcacctgg             #                   #                 146 #0 <210> SEQ ID NO 13 <211> LENGTH: 60 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(60) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 13 gcc aaa gaa tgc gag tgc aag tgt aac tgt aa #c aac tgc cca tgc cca       48 Ala Lys Glu Cys Glu Cys Lys Cys Asn Cys As #n Asn Cys Pro Cys Pro 1               5    #                10   #                15 ggt tgt ggc ctg             #                   #                   #       60 Gly Cys Gly Leu             20 <210> SEQ ID NO 14 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 14 Ala Lys Glu Cys Glu Cys Lys Cys Asn Cys As #n Asn Cys Pro Cys Pro 1               5    #                10   #                15 Gly Cys Gly Leu             20 <210> SEQ ID NO 15 <211> LENGTH: 60 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 15 caggccacaa cctgggcatg ggcagttgtt acagttacac ttgcactcgc at #tctttggc     60 <210> SEQ ID NO 16 <211> LENGTH: 1456 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (32)..(1453) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (27)..(27) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 27, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 16 aagtgctcag gcacaacaca gacaaancac c atg gag tct gtg  #ctc tac tgg        52                    #                 Met # Glu Ser Val Leu Tyr Trp                    #                 1  #              5 gtt ttc ctt gtc gct att tta aag ggt gtc ca #g ggt gac gtg cag ctg      100 Val Phe Leu Val Ala Ile Leu Lys Gly Val Gl #n Gly Asp Val Gln Leu         10           #        15           #        20 gtg gag tct ggg gga gac ctg gtg aag cct gg #g ggg tcc ttg aga ctg      148 Val Glu Ser Gly Gly Asp Leu Val Lys Pro Gl #y Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu     25               #    30               #    35 tcc tgt gtg gcc tct gga ttc acc ttt agt ag #c tgt gcc atg agc tgg      196 Ser Cys Val Ala Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe Ser Se #r Cys Ala Met Ser Trp 40                   #45                   #50                   #55 gtc cgt cag tct cca ggg aag ggg cct cag tg #g gtc gca act att cgg      244 Val Arg Gln Ser Pro Gly Lys Gly Pro Gln Tr #p Val Ala Thr Ile Arg                 60   #                65   #                70 tat gat gga agt gat ata tac tac gca gac gc #t gtg aag ggc cga ttc      292 Tyr Asp Gly Ser Asp Ile Tyr Tyr Ala Asp Al #a Val Lys Gly Arg Phe             75       #            80       #            85 agc atc tcc aga gac aac gcc aag aac acg gt #g tat ctg cag atg aac      340 Ser Ile Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn Thr Va #l Tyr Leu Gln Met Asn         90           #        95           #        100 agc ctg aga gcc gag gac acg gcc gtg tat ta #t tgt gcg aag gcc ccc      388 Ser Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Ty #r Cys Ala Lys Ala Pro     105               #   110               #   115 ccc tac gat agt tac cac tat ggt atg gac ta #t tgg ggt cct ggc act      436 Pro Tyr Asp Ser Tyr His Tyr Gly Met Asp Ty #r Trp Gly Pro Gly Thr 120                 1 #25                 1 #30                 1 #35 tcc ctc ttc gtg tcg tca gcc tcc acc acg gc #c ccc tcg gtt ttc cca      484 Ser Leu Phe Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr Thr Al #a Pro Ser Val Phe Pro                 140   #               145   #               150 ctg gcc ccc agc tgt ggg tcc caa tcc ggc tc #c acg gtg gcc ctg gcc      532 Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Gln Ser Gly Se #r Thr Val Ala Leu Ala             155       #           160       #           165 tgc ctg gtg tca ggc tac atc ccc gag cct gt #a act gtg tcc tgg aat      580 Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Ile Pro Glu Pro Va #l Thr Val Ser Trp Asn         170           #       175           #       180 tcc gtc tcc ttg acc agc ggt gtg cac acc tt #c ccg tcc gtc ctg cag      628 Ser Val Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val His Thr Ph #e Pro Ser Val Leu Gln     185               #   190               #   195 tcc tca ggg ctc tac tcc ctc agc agc atg gt #g aca gtg ccc tcc agc      676 Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Ser Met Va #l Thr Val Pro Ser Ser 200                 2 #05                 2 #10                 2 #15 agg tgg ccc agc gag acc ttc acc tgc aat gt #g gcc cac ccg gcc acc      724 Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cys Asn Va #l Ala His Pro Ala Thr                 220   #               225   #               230 aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg gcc aaa ga #a tgc gag tgc aag tgt      772 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Ala Lys Gl #u Cys Glu Cys Lys Cys             235       #           240       #           245 aac tgt aac aac tgc cca tgc cca ggt tgt gg #c ctg ctg gga ggg cct      820 Asn Cys Asn Asn Cys Pro Cys Pro Gly Cys Gl #y Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro         250           #       255           #       260 tcg gtc ttc atc ttt ccc cca aaa ccc aag ga #c atc ctc gtg act gcc      868 Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys As #p Ile Leu Val Thr Ala     265               #   270               #   275 cgg aca ccc aca gtc act tgt gtg gtg gtg ga #t ctg gac cca gaa aac      916 Arg Thr Pro Thr Val Thr Cys Val Val Val As #p Leu Asp Pro Glu Asn 280                 2 #85                 2 #90                 2 #95 cct gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ag #t aag cag gtg caa aca      964 Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Se #r Lys Gln Val Gln Thr                 300   #               305   #               310 gcc aac acg cag cct cgt gag gag cag tcc aa #t ggc acc tac cgt gtg     1012 Ala Asn Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln Ser As #n Gly Thr Tyr Arg Val             315       #           320       #           325 gtc agt gtc ctc ccc att ggg cac cag gac tg #g ctt tca ggg aag cag     1060 Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gly His Gln Asp Tr #p Leu Ser Gly Lys Gln         330           #       335           #       340 ttc aag tgc aaa gtc aac aac aaa gcc ctc cc #a tcc ccc att gag gag     1108 Phe Lys Cys Lys Val Asn Asn Lys Ala Leu Pr #o Ser Pro Ile Glu Glu     345               #   350               #   355 atc atc tcc aag acc cca ggg cag gcc cat ca #g cct aat gtg tat gtc     1156 Ile Ile Ser Lys Thr Pro Gly Gln Ala His Gl #n Pro Asn Val Tyr Val 360                 3 #65                 3 #70                 3 #75 ctg ccg cca tcg cgg gat gag atg agc aag aa #t acg gtc acc ctg acc     1204 Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Asp Glu Met Ser Lys As #n Thr Val Thr Leu Thr                 380   #               385   #               390 tgt ctg gtc aaa gac ttc ttc cca cct gag at #t gat gtg gag tgg cag     1252 Cys Leu Val Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Il #e Asp Val Glu Trp Gln             395       #           400       #           405 agc aat gga cag cag gag cct gag agc aag ta #c cgc atg acc ccg ccc     1300 Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Ty #r Arg Met Thr Pro Pro         410           #       415           #       420 cag ctg gat gaa gat ggg tcc tac ttc cta ta #c agc aag ctc tcc gtg     1348 Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Ty #r Ser Lys Leu Ser Val     425               #   430               #   435 gac aag agc cgc tgg cag cgg gga gac acc tt #c ata tgt gcg gtg atg     1396 Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Arg Gly Asp Thr Ph #e Ile Cys Ala Val Met 440                 4 #45                 4 #50                 4 #55 cat gaa gct cta cac aac cac tac aca cag at #a tcc ctc tcc cat tct     1444 His Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr Gln Il #e Ser Leu Ser His Ser                 460   #               465   #               470 ccg ggt aaa tga             #                   #                   #     1456 Pro Gly Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 17 <211> LENGTH: 474 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 17 Met Glu Ser Val Leu Tyr Trp Val Phe Leu Va #l Ala Ile Leu Lys Gly 1               5    #                10   #                15 Val Gln Gly Asp Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gl #y Gly Asp Leu Val Lys             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Val Al #a Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Ser Cys Ala Met Ser Trp Val Arg Gln Se #r Pro Gly Lys Gly Pro     50               #    55               #    60 Gln Trp Val Ala Thr Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Se #r Asp Ile Tyr Tyr Ala 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Asp Ala Val Lys Gly Arg Phe Ser Ile Ser Ar #g Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn                 85   #                90   #                95 Thr Val Tyr Leu Gln Met Asn Ser Leu Arg Al #a Glu Asp Thr Ala Val             100       #           105       #           110 Tyr Tyr Cys Ala Lys Ala Pro Pro Tyr Asp Se #r Tyr His Tyr Gly Met         115           #       120           #       125 Asp Tyr Trp Gly Pro Gly Thr Ser Leu Phe Va #l Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr     130               #   135               #   140 Thr Ala Pro Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Se #r Cys Gly Ser Gln Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Gly Ser Thr Val Ala Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Se #r Gly Tyr Ile Pro Glu                 165   #               170   #               175 Pro Val Thr Val Ser Trp Asn Ser Val Ser Le #u Thr Ser Gly Val His             180       #           185       #           190 Thr Phe Pro Ser Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Le #u Tyr Ser Leu Ser Ser         195           #       200           #       205 Met Val Thr Val Pro Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Se #r Glu Thr Phe Thr Cys     210               #   215               #   220 Asn Val Ala His Pro Ala Thr Asn Thr Lys Va #l Asp Lys Pro Val Ala 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Glu Cys Glu Cys Lys Cys Asn Cys Asn As #n Cys Pro Cys Pro Gly                 245   #               250   #               255 Cys Gly Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Il #e Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro             260       #           265       #           270 Lys Asp Ile Leu Val Thr Ala Arg Thr Pro Th #r Val Thr Cys Val Val         275           #       280           #       285 Val Asp Leu Asp Pro Glu Asn Pro Glu Val Gl #n Ile Ser Trp Phe Val     290               #   295               #   300 Asp Ser Lys Gln Val Gln Thr Ala Asn Thr Gl #n Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Ser Asn Gly Thr Tyr Arg Val Val Ser Val Le #u Pro Ile Gly His Gln                 325   #               330   #               335 Asp Trp Leu Ser Gly Lys Gln Phe Lys Cys Ly #s Val Asn Asn Lys Ala             340       #           345       #           350 Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile Glu Glu Ile Ile Ser Ly #s Thr Pro Gly Gln Ala         355           #       360           #       365 His Gln Pro Asn Val Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Se #r Arg Asp Glu Met Ser     370               #   375               #   380 Lys Asn Thr Val Thr Leu Thr Cys Leu Val Ly #s Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Glu Ile Asp Val Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gl #n Gln Glu Pro Glu Ser                 405   #               410   #               415 Lys Tyr Arg Met Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Gl #u Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe             420       #           425       #           430 Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Ar #g Trp Gln Arg Gly Asp         435           #       440           #       445 Thr Phe Ile Cys Ala Val Met His Glu Ala Le #u His Asn His Tyr Thr     450               #   455               #   460 Gln Ile Ser Leu Ser His Ser Pro Gly Lys 465                 4 #70 <210> SEQ ID NO 18 <211> LENGTH: 1456 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1430)..(1430) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 1430, n  #= unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 18 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggatat ctgtgtgtag tggttgtgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catatgaagg tgtctccccg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca cg #gagagctt    120 gctgtatagg aagtaggacc catcttcatc cagctggggc ggggtcatgc gg #tacttgct    180 ctcaggctcc tgctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atctcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgaccaga caggtcaggg tgaccgtatt cttgctcatc tcatcccgcg at #ggcggcag    300 gacatacaca ttaggctgat gggcctgccc tggggtcttg gagatgatct cc #tcaatggg    360 ggatgggagg gctttgttgt tgactttgca cttgaactgc ttccctgaaa gc #cagtcctg    420 gtgcccaatg gggaggacac tgaccacacg gtaggtgcca ttggactgct cc #tcacgagg    480 ctgcgtgttg gctgtttgca cctgcttact atccacgaac cagctgatct gc #acctcagg    540 gttttctggg tccagatcca ccaccacaca agtgactgtg ggtgtccggg ca #gtcacgag    600 gatgtccttg ggttttgggg gaaagatgaa gaccgaaggc cctcccagca gg #ccacaacc    660 tgggcatggg cagttgttac agttacactt gcactcgcat tctttggcca ct #ggcttgtc    720 tactttagtg ttggtggccg ggtgggccac attgcaggtg aaggtctcgc tg #ggccacct    780 gctggagggc actgtcacca tgctgctgag ggagtagagc cctgaggact gc #aggacgga    840 cgggaaggtg tgcacaccgc tggtcaagga gacggaattc caggacacag tt #acaggctc    900 ggggatgtag cctgacacca ggcaggccag ggccaccgtg gagccggatt gg #gacccaca    960 gctgggggcc agtgggaaaa ccgagggggc cgtggtggag gctgacgaca cg #aagaggga   1020 agtgccagga ccccaatagt ccataccata gtggtaacta tcgtaggggg gg #gccttcgc   1080 acaataatac acggccgtgt cctcggctct caggctgttc atctgcagat ac #accgtgtt   1140 cttggcgttg tctctggaga tgctgaatcg gcccttcaca gcgtctgcgt ag #tatatatc   1200 acttccatca taccgaatag ttgcgaccca ctgaggcccc ttccctggag ac #tgacggac   1260 ccagctcatg gcacagctac taaaggtgaa tccagaggcc acacaggaca gt #ctcaagga   1320 ccccccaggc ttcaccaggt ctcccccaga ctccaccagc tgcacgtcac cc #tggacacc   1380 ctttaaaata gcgacaagga aaacccagta gagcacagac tccatggtgn tt #tgtctgtg   1440 ttgtgcctga gcactt              #                   #                   #  1456 <210> SEQ ID NO 19 <211> LENGTH: 1453 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (32)..(1450) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 19 agtgctcagg acaccacaca gacaaatcac c atg gag tct gtg  #ctc ttc tgg        52                    #                 Met # Glu Ser Val Leu Phe Trp                    #                 1  #              5 gtt ttc ctt gtc act att tta aaa ggt gtc ca #g ggt gag gta cgt ttg      100 Val Phe Leu Val Thr Ile Leu Lys Gly Val Gl #n Gly Glu Val Arg Leu         10           #        15           #        20 gtg gag tct gga gga acc ctg gtg aag cct gg #g ggg tcc ctg aaa ctc      148 Val Glu Ser Gly Gly Thr Leu Val Lys Pro Gl #y Gly Ser Leu Lys Leu     25               #    30               #    35 tct tgt gtg gcc tct gga ttc acc ttc aga ag #a tac tcc atg gac tgg      196 Ser Cys Val Ala Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe Arg Ar #g Tyr Ser Met Asp Trp 40                   #45                   #50                   #55 gtc cgc cag gct cca ggc aag agc ctg cag tg #g gtc gcc ggg att aac      244 Val Arg Gln Ala Pro Gly Lys Ser Leu Gln Tr #p Val Ala Gly Ile Asn                 60   #                65   #                70 ggt gat ggc aca gga aca tcc tat tca cag ac #t gtg aag ggc cga ttc      292 Gly Asp Gly Thr Gly Thr Ser Tyr Ser Gln Th #r Val Lys Gly Arg Phe             75       #            80       #            85 acc atc tcc aga gac aac gcc aag aac acc ct #c tat ctg cag ata aac      340 Thr Ile Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn Thr Le #u Tyr Leu Gln Ile Asn         90           #        95           #        100 agc ctg aga gcc gaa gac tct gct gtg tat ta #t tgt gcc aag agc tgg      388 Ser Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Ser Ala Val Tyr Ty #r Cys Ala Lys Ser Trp     105               #   110               #   115 tct cgt aat ggg gat ctt gac tac tgg ggc ca #g gga acc ctg gtc acc      436 Ser Arg Asn Gly Asp Leu Asp Tyr Trp Gly Gl #n Gly Thr Leu Val Thr 120                 1 #25                 1 #30                 1 #35 gtc tcc tca gcc tcc acc acg gcc ccc tcg gt #t ttc cca ctg gcc ccc      484 Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala Pro Ser Va #l Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro                 140   #               145   #               150 agc tgc ggg tcc act tcc ggc tcc acg gtg gc #c ctg gcc tgc ctg gtg      532 Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Thr Val Al #a Leu Ala Cys Leu Val             155       #           160       #           165 tca ggc tac ttc ccc gag cct gta act gtg tc #c tgg aat tcc ggc tcc      580 Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Glu Pro Val Thr Val Se #r Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser         170           #       175           #       180 ttg acc agc ggt gtg cac acc ttc ccg tcc gt #c ctg cag tcc tca ggg      628 Leu Thr Ser Gly Val His Thr Phe Pro Ser Va #l Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly     185               #   190               #   195 ctc tac tcc ctc agc agc atg gtg aca gtg cc #c tcc agc agg tgg ccc      676 Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Ser Met Val Thr Val Pr #o Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro 200                 2 #05                 2 #10                 2 #15 agc gag acc ttc acc tgc aac gtg gcc cac cc #g gcc agc aaa act aaa      724 Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cys Asn Val Ala His Pr #o Ala Ser Lys Thr Lys                 220   #               225   #               230 gta gac aag cca gtg ccc aaa aga gaa aat gg #a aga gtt cct cgc cca      772 Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Arg Glu Asn Gl #y Arg Val Pro Arg Pro             235       #           240       #           245 cct gat tgt ccc aaa tgc cca gcc cct gaa at #g ctg gga ggg cct tcg      820 Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys Cys Pro Ala Pro Glu Me #t Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser         250           #       255           #       260 gtc ttc atc ttt ccc ccg aaa ccc aag gac ac #c ctc ttg att gcc cga      868 Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Th #r Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg     265               #   270               #   275 aca cct gag gtc aca tgt gtg gtg gtg gat ct #g gac cca gaa gac cct      916 Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Val Val Asp Le #u Asp Pro Glu Asp Pro 280                 2 #85                 2 #90                 2 #95 gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gac ggt aa #g cag atg caa aca gcc      964 Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Ly #s Gln Met Gln Thr Ala                 300   #               305   #               310 aag act cag cct cgt gag gag cag ttc aat gg #c acc tac cgt gtg gtc     1012 Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln Phe Asn Gl #y Thr Tyr Arg Val Val             315       #           320       #           325 agt gtc ctc ccc att ggg cac cag gac tgg ct #c aag ggg aag cag ttc     1060 Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gly His Gln Asp Trp Le #u Lys Gly Lys Gln Phe         330           #       335           #       340 acg tgc aaa gtc aac aac aaa gcc ctc cca tc #c ccg atc gag agg acc     1108 Thr Cys Lys Val Asn Asn Lys Ala Leu Pro Se #r Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr     345               #   350               #   355 atc tcc aag gcc aga ggg caa gcc cat cag cc #c agt gtg tat gtc ctg     1156 Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pr #o Ser Val Tyr Val Leu 360                 3 #65                 3 #70                 3 #75 ccg cca tcc cgg gag gag ttg agc aag aac ac #a gtc agc ttg aca tgc     1204 Pro Pro Ser Arg Glu Glu Leu Ser Lys Asn Th #r Val Ser Leu Thr Cys                 380   #               385   #               390 ctg atc aaa gac ttc ttc cca cct gac att ga #t gtg gag tgg cag agc     1252 Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Asp Ile As #p Val Glu Trp Gln Ser             395       #           400       #           405 aat gga cag cag gag cct gag agc aag tac cg #c acg acc ccg ccc cag     1300 Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr Ar #g Thr Thr Pro Pro Gln         410           #       415           #       420 ctg gac gag gac ggg tcc tac ttc ctg tac ag #c aag ctc tct gtg gac     1348 Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Se #r Lys Leu Ser Val Asp     425               #   430               #   435 aag agc cgc tgg cag cgg gga gac acc ttc at #a tgt gcg gtg atg cat     1396 Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Arg Gly Asp Thr Phe Il #e Cys Ala Val Met His 440                 4 #45                 4 #50                 4 #55 gaa gct cta cac aac cac tac aca cag gaa tc #c ctc tcc cat tct ccg     1444 Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr Gln Glu Se #r Leu Ser His Ser Pro                 460   #               465   #               470 ggt aaa tga               #                   #                   #       1453 Gly Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 20 <211> LENGTH: 473 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 20 Met Glu Ser Val Leu Phe Trp Val Phe Leu Va #l Thr Ile Leu Lys Gly 1               5    #                10   #                15 Val Gln Gly Glu Val Arg Leu Val Glu Ser Gl #y Gly Thr Leu Val Lys             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Lys Leu Ser Cys Val Al #a Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe         35           #        40           #        45 Arg Arg Tyr Ser Met Asp Trp Val Arg Gln Al #a Pro Gly Lys Ser Leu     50               #    55               #    60 Gln Trp Val Ala Gly Ile Asn Gly Asp Gly Th #r Gly Thr Ser Tyr Ser 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Gln Thr Val Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Ar #g Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn                 85   #                90   #                95 Thr Leu Tyr Leu Gln Ile Asn Ser Leu Arg Al #a Glu Asp Ser Ala Val             100       #           105       #           110 Tyr Tyr Cys Ala Lys Ser Trp Ser Arg Asn Gl #y Asp Leu Asp Tyr Trp         115           #       120           #       125 Gly Gln Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Ser Al #a Ser Thr Thr Ala Pro     130               #   135               #   140 Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Se #r Thr Ser Gly Ser Thr 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Val Ala Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Ph #e Pro Glu Pro Val Thr                 165   #               170   #               175 Val Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Ser Gl #y Val His Thr Phe Pro             180       #           185       #           190 Ser Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Le #u Ser Ser Met Val Thr         195           #       200           #       205 Val Pro Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Ph #e Thr Cys Asn Val Ala     210               #   215               #   220 His Pro Ala Ser Lys Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pr #o Val Pro Lys Arg Glu 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Asn Gly Arg Val Pro Arg Pro Pro Asp Cys Pr #o Lys Cys Pro Ala Pro                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Met Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Ph #e Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys             260       #           265       #           270 Asp Thr Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Thr Pro Glu Va #l Thr Cys Val Val Val         275           #       280           #       285 Asp Leu Asp Pro Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Il #e Ser Trp Phe Val Asp     290               #   295               #   300 Gly Lys Gln Met Gln Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pr #o Arg Glu Glu Gln Phe 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Asn Gly Thr Tyr Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pr #o Ile Gly His Gln Asp                 325   #               330   #               335 Trp Leu Lys Gly Lys Gln Phe Thr Cys Lys Va #l Asn Asn Lys Ala Leu             340       #           345       #           350 Pro Ser Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Al #a Arg Gly Gln Ala His         355           #       360           #       365 Gln Pro Ser Val Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Ar #g Glu Glu Leu Ser Lys     370               #   375               #   380 Asn Thr Val Ser Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys As #p Phe Phe Pro Pro Asp 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Ile Asp Val Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gl #n Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys                 405   #               410   #               415 Tyr Arg Thr Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu As #p Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu             420       #           425       #           430 Tyr Ser Lys Leu Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Tr #p Gln Arg Gly Asp Thr         435           #       440           #       445 Phe Ile Cys Ala Val Met His Glu Ala Leu Hi #s Asn His Tyr Thr Gln     450               #   455               #   460 Glu Ser Leu Ser His Ser Pro Gly Lys 465                 4 #70 <210> SEQ ID NO 21 <211> LENGTH: 1453 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 21 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggattc ctgtgtgtag tggttgtgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catatgaagg tgtctccccg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca ca #gagagctt    120 gctgtacagg aagtaggacc cgtcctcgtc cagctggggc ggggtcgtgc gg #tacttgct    180 ctcaggctcc tgctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atgtcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgatcagg catgtcaagc tgactgtgtt cttgctcaac tcctcccggg at #ggcggcag    300 gacatacaca ctgggctgat gggcttgccc tctggccttg gagatggtcc tc #tcgatcgg    360 ggatgggagg gctttgttgt tgactttgca cgtgaactgc ttccccttga gc #cagtcctg    420 gtgcccaatg gggaggacac tgaccacacg gtaggtgcca ttgaactgct cc #tcacgagg    480 ctgagtcttg gctgtttgca tctgcttacc gtccacgaac cagctgatct gc #acctcagg    540 gtcttctggg tccagatcca ccaccacaca tgtgacctca ggtgttcggg ca #atcaagag    600 ggtgtccttg ggtttcgggg gaaagatgaa gaccgaaggc cctcccagca tt #tcaggggc    660 tgggcatttg ggacaatcag gtgggcgagg aactcttcca ttttctcttt tg #ggcactgg    720 cttgtctact ttagttttgc tggccgggtg ggccacgttg caggtgaagg tc #tcgctggg    780 ccacctgctg gagggcactg tcaccatgct gctgagggag tagagccctg ag #gactgcag    840 gacggacggg aaggtgtgca caccgctggt caaggagccg gaattccagg ac #acagttac    900 aggctcgggg aagtagcctg acaccaggca ggccagggcc accgtggagc cg #gaagtgga    960 cccgcagctg ggggccagtg ggaaaaccga gggggccgtg gtggaggctg ag #gagacggt   1020 gaccagggtt ccctggcccc agtagtcaag atccccatta cgagaccagc tc #ttggcaca   1080 ataatacaca gcagagtctt cggctctcag gctgtttatc tgcagataga gg #gtgttctt   1140 ggcgttgtct ctggagatgg tgaatcggcc cttcacagtc tgtgaatagg at #gttcctgt   1200 gccatcaccg ttaatcccgg cgacccactg caggctcttg cctggagcct gg #cggaccca   1260 gtccatggag tatcttctga aggtgaatcc agaggccaca caagagagtt tc #agggaccc   1320 cccaggcttc accagggttc ctccagactc caccaaacgt acctcaccct gg #acaccttt   1380 taaaatagtg acaaggaaaa cccagaagag cacagactcc atggtgattt gt #ctgtgtgg   1440 tgtcctgagc act               #                   #                   #    1453 <210> SEQ ID NO 22 <211> LENGTH: 66 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(66) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 22 ccc aaa aga gaa aat gga aga gtt cct cgc cc #a cct gat tgt ccc aaa       48 Pro Lys Arg Glu Asn Gly Arg Val Pro Arg Pr #o Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys 1               5    #                10   #                15 tgc cca gcc cct gaa atg          #                   #                   #  66 Cys Pro Ala Pro Glu Met             20 <210> SEQ ID NO 23 <211> LENGTH: 22 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 23 Pro Lys Arg Glu Asn Gly Arg Val Pro Arg Pr #o Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys 1               5    #                10   #                15 Cys Pro Ala Pro Glu Met             20 <210> SEQ ID NO 24 <211> LENGTH: 66 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 24 catttcaggg gctgggcatt tgggacaatc aggtgggcga ggaactcttc ca #ttttctct     60 tttggg                  #                   #                   #           66 <210> SEQ ID NO 25 <211> LENGTH: 938 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (37)..(753) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (475)..(475) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 475, n = # unknown       At amino acid residue 147, Xaa  #= Pro, Ser, Ala or Thr <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (479)..(479) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 479, y = # c or t;       At amino acid residue 148, Xaa  #= Ser or Phe <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (482)..(482) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 482, y = # c or t;       At amino acid residue 149, Xaa  #= Ser or Phe <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (542)..(542) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 542, r = # a or g;       At amino acid residue 169, Xaa  #= Asn or Ser <400> SEQUENCE: 25 ggcacgaggg tccccagaag gcaggatcaa tcagtg atg tcc tcc  #gac atg gcc       54                    #                   #    Met Ser Ser Asp Met Ala                    #                   #    1               # 5 tgg tcc cct ctc ctc ctc aca ctc ctc gct ca #c tgc aca ggg tcc tgg      102 Trp Ser Pro Leu Leu Leu Thr Leu Leu Ala Hi #s Cys Thr Gly Ser Trp             10       #            15       #            20 gcc cag gct gtg ttg aat cag ccg gcc tca gt #a tct ggg gcc ctg ggc      150 Ala Gln Ala Val Leu Asn Gln Pro Ala Ser Va #l Ser Gly Ala Leu Gly         25           #        30           #        35 cag aag gtc acc atc tcc tgc tct gga gac ac #g aat gac att gat ata      198 Gln Lys Val Thr Ile Ser Cys Ser Gly Asp Th #r Asn Asp Ile Asp Ile     40               #    45               #    50 ttc ggt gtg aac tgg tac caa caa ctc cca gg #a aag gcc cct aca gtc      246 Phe Gly Val Asn Trp Tyr Gln Gln Leu Pro Gl #y Lys Ala Pro Thr Val 55                   #60                   #65                   #70 ctc gtg gac agt gat ggg gat cga ccc tca gg #g gtc cct gac aga ttt      294 Leu Val Asp Ser Asp Gly Asp Arg Pro Ser Gl #y Val Pro Asp Arg Phe                 75   #                80   #                85 tct ggc tcc agt tct ggc aac tca ggc acc ct #g acc atc act ggg ctc      342 Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn Ser Gly Thr Le #u Thr Ile Thr Gly Leu             90       #            95       #            100 cag gct gag gac gag gct gat tat tac tgt ca #g tct gtt gat tcc acg      390 Gln Ala Glu Asp Glu Ala Asp Tyr Tyr Cys Gl #n Ser Val Asp Ser Thr         105           #       110           #       115 ctt ggt gtt tac gtg ttc ggc tca gga acc ca #a ctg act gtc ctt ggt      438 Leu Gly Val Tyr Val Phe Gly Ser Gly Thr Gl #n Leu Thr Val Leu Gly     120               #   125               #   130 cag ccc aag gcc tcc ccc tcg gtc aca ctc tt #c ccg ncc tyc tyt gag      486 Gln Pro Lys Ala Ser Pro Ser Val Thr Leu Ph #e Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu 135                 1 #40                 1 #45                 1 #50 gag ctc ggc gcc aac aag gcc acc ctg gtg tg #c ctc atc agc gac ttc      534 Glu Leu Gly Ala Asn Lys Ala Thr Leu Val Cy #s Leu Ile Ser Asp Phe                 155   #               160   #               165 tac ccc arc ggc gtg acg gtg gcc tgg aag gc #a gac ggc agc ccc gtc      582 Tyr Pro Xaa Gly Val Thr Val Ala Trp Lys Al #a Asp Gly Ser Pro Val             170       #           175       #           180 acc cag ggc gtg gag acc acc aag ccc tcc aa #g cag agc aac aac aag      630 Thr Gln Gly Val Glu Thr Thr Lys Pro Ser Ly #s Gln Ser Asn Asn Lys         185           #       190           #       195 tac gcg gcc agc agc tac ctg agc ctg acg cc #t gac aag tgg aaa tct      678 Tyr Ala Ala Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ser Leu Thr Pr #o Asp Lys Trp Lys Ser     200               #   205               #   210 cac agc agc ttc agc tgc ctg gtc acg cat ga #g ggg agc ccc gtg gaa      726 His Ser Ser Phe Ser Cys Leu Val Thr His Gl #u Gly Ser Pro Val Glu 215                 2 #20                 2 #25                 2 #30 aaa aag gtg gcc ccc gca aag tgc tct taggttccc #g atgccccccg            773 Lys Lys Val Ala Pro Ala Lys Cys Ser                 235 cccaccaaag ggggctcaaa gcctcaggac ctccaggagg atcttgcctc cc #atctgggt    833 catcccagcc attcccctta aacccaggca acattcaata aagtgttctt tc #ttcaatca    893 gaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa    #                 938 <210> SEQ ID NO 26 <211> LENGTH: 239 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (147)..(147) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: The ′Xaa′ at locati #on 147 stands for Thr, Ala,       Pro, or Ser. <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (148)..(148) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: The ′Xaa′ at locati #on 148 stands for Ser, or       Phe. <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (149)..(149) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: The ′Xaa′ at locati #on 149 stands for Ser, or       Phe. <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (169)..(169) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: The ′Xaa′ at locati #on 169 stands for Ser, or       Asn. <400> SEQUENCE: 26 Met Ser Ser Asp Met Ala Trp Ser Pro Leu Le #u Leu Thr Leu Leu Ala 1               5    #                10   #                15 His Cys Thr Gly Ser Trp Ala Gln Ala Val Le #u Asn Gln Pro Ala Ser             20       #            25       #            30 Val Ser Gly Ala Leu Gly Gln Lys Val Thr Il #e Ser Cys Ser Gly Asp         35           #        40           #        45 Thr Asn Asp Ile Asp Ile Phe Gly Val Asn Tr #p Tyr Gln Gln Leu Pro     50               #    55               #    60 Gly Lys Ala Pro Thr Val Leu Val Asp Ser As #p Gly Asp Arg Pro Ser 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Gly Val Pro Asp Arg Phe Ser Gly Ser Ser Se #r Gly Asn Ser Gly Thr                 85   #                90   #                95 Leu Thr Ile Thr Gly Leu Gln Ala Glu Asp Gl #u Ala Asp Tyr Tyr Cys             100       #           105       #           110 Gln Ser Val Asp Ser Thr Leu Gly Val Tyr Va #l Phe Gly Ser Gly Thr         115           #       120           #       125 Gln Leu Thr Val Leu Gly Gln Pro Lys Ala Se #r Pro Ser Val Thr Leu     130               #   135               #   140 Phe Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Glu Leu Gly Ala As #n Lys Ala Thr Leu Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Cys Leu Ile Ser Asp Phe Tyr Pro Xaa Gly Va #l Thr Val Ala Trp Lys                 165   #               170   #               175 Ala Asp Gly Ser Pro Val Thr Gln Gly Val Gl #u Thr Thr Lys Pro Ser             180       #           185       #           190 Lys Gln Ser Asn Asn Lys Tyr Ala Ala Ser Se #r Tyr Leu Ser Leu Thr         195           #       200           #       205 Pro Asp Lys Trp Lys Ser His Ser Ser Phe Se #r Cys Leu Val Thr His     210               #   215               #   220 Glu Gly Ser Pro Val Glu Lys Lys Val Ala Pr #o Ala Lys Cys Ser 225                 2 #30                 2 #35 <210> SEQ ID NO 27 <211> LENGTH: 938 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (464)..(464) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 464, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 27 tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt ttttctgatt ga #agaaagaa     60 cactttattg aatgttgcct gggtttaagg ggaatggctg ggatgaccca ga #tgggaggc    120 aagatcctcc tggaggtcct gaggctttga gccccctttg gtgggcgggg gg #catcggga    180 acctaagagc actttgcggg ggccaccttt ttttccacgg ggctcccctc at #gcgtgacc    240 aggcagctga agctgctgtg agatttccac ttgtcaggcg tcaggctcag gt #agctgctg    300 gccgcgtact tgttgttgct ctgcttggag ggcttggtgg tctccacgcc ct #gggtgacg    360 gggctgccgt ctgccttcca ggccaccgtc acgccgytgg ggtagaagtc gc #tgatgagg    420 cacaccaggg tggccttgtt ggcgccgagc tcctcaragr aggncgggaa ga #gtgtgacc    480 gagggggagg ccttgggctg accaaggaca gtcagttggg ttcctgagcc ga #acacgtaa    540 acaccaagcg tggaatcaac agactgacag taataatcag cctcgtcctc ag #cctggagc    600 ccagtgatgg tcagggtgcc tgagttgcca gaactggagc cagaaaatct gt #cagggacc    660 cctgagggtc gatccccatc actgtccacg aggactgtag gggcctttcc tg #ggagttgt    720 tggtaccagt tcacaccgaa tatatcaatg tcattcgtgt ctccagagca gg #agatggtg    780 accttctggc ccagggcccc agatactgag gccggctgat tcaacacagc ct #gggcccag    840 gaccctgtgc agtgagcgag gagtgtgagg aggagagggg accaggccat gt #cggaggac    900 atcactgatt gatcctgcct tctggggacc ctcgtgcc       #                   #    938 <210> SEQ ID NO 28 <211> LENGTH: 578 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(423) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (471)..(471) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 471, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (481)..(481) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 481, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (522)..(522) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 522, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (549)..(549) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 549, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 28 cat caa gat tgg ttt aat ggt aag gag ttc aa #a tgt aga gtc aac cac       48 His Gln Asp Trp Phe Asn Gly Lys Glu Phe Ly #s Cys Arg Val Asn His 1               5    #                10   #                15 ata gac ctc ccg tct ccc atc gag agg acc at #c tct aag gcc aga ggg       96 Ile Asp Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr Il #e Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly             20       #            25       #            30 agg gcc cat aag ccc agt gtg tat gtc ctg cc #g cca tcc cca aag gag      144 Arg Ala His Lys Pro Ser Val Tyr Val Leu Pr #o Pro Ser Pro Lys Glu         35           #        40           #        45 ttg tca tcc agt gac aca gtc agc atc acc tg #c ctg ata aaa gac ttc      192 Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Val Ser Ile Thr Cy #s Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe     50               #    55               #    60 tac cca cct gac att gat gtg gag tgg cag ag #c aat gga cag cag gag      240 Tyr Pro Pro Asp Ile Asp Val Glu Trp Gln Se #r Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 cct gag agc aag tac cgc acg acc ccg ccc ca #g ctg gac gag gac ggg      288 Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr Arg Thr Thr Pro Pro Gl #n Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly                 85   #                90   #                95 tcc tac ttc ctg tac agc aag ctc tct gtg ga #c aag agc cgc tgg cag      336 Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu Ser Val As #p Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln             100       #           105       #           110 cgg gga gac acc ttc ata tgt gcg gtg atg ca #t gaa gct cta cac aac      384 Arg Gly Asp Thr Phe Ile Cys Ala Val Met Hi #s Glu Ala Leu His Asn         115           #       120           #       125 cac tac aca cag aaa tcc ctc tcc cat tct cc #g ggt aaa tgagcaacac       433 His Tyr Thr Gln Lys Ser Leu Ser His Ser Pr #o Gly Lys     130               #   135               #   140 gcccggcacc cagcaagccc cccacccttg gctctcanga tccctganga ca #cctgagcc    493 cctgtccctg tgtacataac cctgggtang cacccatcat gaaataaagc ac #ccancact    553 gccctgggcc cttgcaaaaa aaaaa           #                   #              578 <210> SEQ ID NO 29 <211> LENGTH: 141 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 29 His Gln Asp Trp Phe Asn Gly Lys Glu Phe Ly #s Cys Arg Val Asn His 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ile Asp Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr Il #e Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly             20       #            25       #            30 Arg Ala His Lys Pro Ser Val Tyr Val Leu Pr #o Pro Ser Pro Lys Glu         35           #        40           #        45 Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Val Ser Ile Thr Cy #s Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe     50               #    55               #    60 Tyr Pro Pro Asp Ile Asp Val Glu Trp Gln Se #r Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr Arg Thr Thr Pro Pro Gl #n Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly                 85   #                90   #                95 Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu Ser Val As #p Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Arg Gly Asp Thr Phe Ile Cys Ala Val Met Hi #s Glu Ala Leu His Asn         115           #       120           #       125 His Tyr Thr Gln Lys Ser Leu Ser His Ser Pr #o Gly Lys     130               #   135               #   140 <210> SEQ ID NO 30 <211> LENGTH: 578 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (30)..(30) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 30, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (57)..(57) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 57, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (98)..(98) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 98, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (108)..(108) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 108, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 30 tttttttttt gcaagggccc agggcagtgn tgggtgcttt atttcatgat gg #gtgcntac     60 ccagggttat gtacacaggg acaggggctc aggtgtcntc agggatcntg ag #agccaagg    120 gtggggggct tgctgggtgc cgggcgtgtt gctcatttac ccggagaatg gg #agagggat    180 ttctgtgtgt agtggttgtg tagagcttca tgcatcaccg cacatatgaa gg #tgtctccc    240 cgctgccagc ggctcttgtc cacagagagc ttgctgtaca ggaagtagga cc #cgtcctcg    300 tccagctggg gcggggtcgt gcggtacttg ctctcaggct cctgctgtcc at #tgctctgc    360 cactccacat caatgtcagg tgggtagaag tcttttatca ggcaggtgat gc #tgactgtg    420 tcactggatg acaactcctt tggggatggc ggcaggacat acacactggg ct #tatgggcc    480 ctccctctgg ccttagagat ggtcctctcg atgggagacg ggaggtctat gt #ggttgact    540 ctacatttga actccttacc attaaaccaa tcttgatg       #                   #    578 <210> SEQ ID NO 31 <211> LENGTH: 1364 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (59)..(1183) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 31 ggcacgaggc cgattcacca tttccagaga caatgtcgag aacacgctgt at #ctgcag       58 atg aac agc ctg aga gct gag gat acg gcc ct #g tat tac tgt aca agt      106 Met Asn Ser Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Thr Ala Le #u Tyr Tyr Cys Thr Ser 1               5    #                10   #                15 ggg tta tgg atc aac tgg tac ggt ccg aat tt #t gac tcc tgg ggc cag      154 Gly Leu Trp Ile Asn Trp Tyr Gly Pro Asn Ph #e Asp Ser Trp Gly Gln             20       #            25       #            30 gga acc ctg gtc acc gtc tcc tca gcc tcc ac #c acg gcc ccc tcg gtt      202 Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Th #r Thr Ala Pro Ser Val         35           #        40           #        45 ttc cca ctg gcc ccc agc tgc ggg tcc act tc #c ggc tcc acg gtg gcc      250 Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Se #r Gly Ser Thr Val Ala     50               #    55               #    60 ctg gcc tgc ctg gtg tca ggc tac ttc ccc ga #g cct gta act gtg tcc      298 Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Gl #u Pro Val Thr Val Ser 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 tgg aat tcc ggc tcc ttg acc agc ggt gtg ca #c acc ttc ccg tcc gtc      346 Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val Hi #s Thr Phe Pro Ser Val                 85   #                90   #                95 ctg cag tcc tca ggg ctc tac tcc ctc agc ag #c atg gtg aca gtg ccc      394 Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Se #r Met Val Thr Val Pro             100       #           105       #           110 tcc agc agg tgg ccc agc gag acc ttc acc tg #c aac gtg gcc cac ccg      442 Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cy #s Asn Val Ala His Pro         115           #       120           #       125 gcc agc aaa act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg cc #c aaa aga gaa aat gga      490 Ala Ser Lys Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pr #o Lys Arg Glu Asn Gly     130               #   135               #   140 aga gtt cct cgc cca cct gat tgt ccc aaa tg #c cca acc cct gaa atg      538 Arg Val Pro Arg Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys Cy #s Pro Thr Pro Glu Met 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 ctg gga ggg cct tcg gtc ttc atc ttt ccc cc #g aaa ccc aag gac acc      586 Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pr #o Lys Pro Lys Asp Thr                 165   #               170   #               175 ctc ttg att gcc cga aca cct gag gtc aca tg #t gtg gtg gtg gat ctg      634 Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cy #s Val Val Val Asp Leu             180       #           185       #           190 gac cca gaa gac cct gag gtg cag atc agc tg #g ttc gtg gac ggt aag      682 Asp Pro Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Tr #p Phe Val Asp Gly Lys         195           #       200           #       205 cag atg caa aca gcc aag act cag cct cgt ga #g gag cag ttc aat ggc      730 Gln Met Gln Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Gl #u Glu Gln Phe Asn Gly     210               #   215               #   220 acc tac cgt gtg gtc agt gtc ctc ccc att gg #g cac cag gac tgg ctc      778 Thr Tyr Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gl #y His Gln Asp Trp Leu 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 aag ggg aag cag ttc acg tgc aaa gtc aac aa #c aaa gcc ctc cca tcc      826 Lys Gly Lys Gln Phe Thr Cys Lys Val Asn As #n Lys Ala Leu Pro Ser                 245   #               250   #               255 cca atc gag agg acc atc tcc aag gcc aga gg #g cag gcc cat caa ccc      874 Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gl #y Gln Ala His Gln Pro             260       #           265       #           270 agt gtg tat gtc ctg ccg cca tcc cgg gag ga #g ttg agc aag aac aca      922 Ser Val Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Glu Gl #u Leu Ser Lys Asn Thr         275           #       280           #       285 gtc agc ttg aca tgc ctg atc aaa gac ttc tt #c cca cct gac att gat      970 Val Ser Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Ph #e Pro Pro Asp Ile Asp     290               #   295               #   300 gtg gag tgg cag agc aat gga cag cag gag cc #t gag agc aag tac cgc     1018 Val Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pr #o Glu Ser Lys Tyr Arg 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 acg acc ccg ccc cag ctg gac gag gac ggg tc #c tac ttc ctg tac agc     1066 Thr Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Se #r Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser                 325   #               330   #               335 aag ctc tct gtg gac aag agc cgc tgg cag cg #g gga gac acc ttc ata     1114 Lys Leu Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Ar #g Gly Asp Thr Phe Ile             340       #           345       #           350 tgt gcg gtg atg cat gaa gct tta cac aac ca #c tac aca cag aaa tcc     1162 Cys Ala Val Met His Glu Ala Leu His Asn Hi #s Tyr Thr Gln Lys Ser         355           #       360           #       365 ctc tcc cat tct ccg ggt aaa tgagcaacac gcccggcac #c cagcaagccc        1213 Leu Ser His Ser Pro Gly Lys     370               #   375 cccacccttg gctttcagga tcccatgagg atgcctgagc ccccatccct gt #gtacataa   1273 ccccgggtag gcacctggca tgaaataaag cacccagtac tgccctggaa aa #aaaaaaaa   1333 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa a         #                   #        1364 <210> SEQ ID NO 32 <211> LENGTH: 375 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 32 Met Asn Ser Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Thr Ala Le #u Tyr Tyr Cys Thr Ser 1               5    #                10   #                15 Gly Leu Trp Ile Asn Trp Tyr Gly Pro Asn Ph #e Asp Ser Trp Gly Gln             20       #            25       #            30 Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Th #r Thr Ala Pro Ser Val         35           #        40           #        45 Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Se #r Gly Ser Thr Val Ala     50               #    55               #    60 Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Gl #u Pro Val Thr Val Ser 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val Hi #s Thr Phe Pro Ser Val                 85   #                90   #                95 Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Se #r Met Val Thr Val Pro             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cy #s Asn Val Ala His Pro         115           #       120           #       125 Ala Ser Lys Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pr #o Lys Arg Glu Asn Gly     130               #   135               #   140 Arg Val Pro Arg Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys Cy #s Pro Thr Pro Glu Met 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pr #o Lys Pro Lys Asp Thr                 165   #               170   #               175 Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cy #s Val Val Val Asp Leu             180       #           185       #           190 Asp Pro Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Tr #p Phe Val Asp Gly Lys         195           #       200           #       205 Gln Met Gln Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Gl #u Glu Gln Phe Asn Gly     210               #   215               #   220 Thr Tyr Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gl #y His Gln Asp Trp Leu 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Gly Lys Gln Phe Thr Cys Lys Val Asn As #n Lys Ala Leu Pro Ser                 245   #               250   #               255 Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gl #y Gln Ala His Gln Pro             260       #           265       #           270 Ser Val Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Glu Gl #u Leu Ser Lys Asn Thr         275           #       280           #       285 Val Ser Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Ph #e Pro Pro Asp Ile Asp     290               #   295               #   300 Val Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pr #o Glu Ser Lys Tyr Arg 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Thr Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Se #r Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser                 325   #               330   #               335 Lys Leu Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Ar #g Gly Asp Thr Phe Ile             340       #           345       #           350 Cys Ala Val Met His Glu Ala Leu His Asn Hi #s Tyr Thr Gln Lys Ser         355           #       360           #       365 Leu Ser His Ser Pro Gly Lys     370               #   375 <210> SEQ ID NO 33 <211> LENGTH: 1364 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 33 tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt tttccagggc ag #tactgggt     60 gctttatttc atgccaggtg cctacccggg gttatgtaca cagggatggg gg #ctcaggca    120 tcctcatggg atcctgaaag ccaagggtgg ggggcttgct gggtgccggg cg #tgttgctc    180 atttacccgg agaatgggag agggatttct gtgtgtagtg gttgtgtaaa gc #ttcatgca    240 tcaccgcaca tatgaaggtg tctccccgct gccagcggct cttgtccaca ga #gagcttgc    300 tgtacaggaa gtaggacccg tcctcgtcca gctggggcgg ggtcgtgcgg ta #cttgctct    360 caggctcctg ctgtccattg ctctgccact ccacatcaat gtcaggtggg aa #gaagtctt    420 tgatcaggca tgtcaagctg actgtgttct tgctcaactc ctcccgggat gg #cggcagga    480 catacacact gggttgatgg gcctgccctc tggccttgga gatggtcctc tc #gattgggg    540 atgggagggc tttgttgttg actttgcacg tgaactgctt ccccttgagc ca #gtcctggt    600 gcccaatggg gaggacactg accacacggt aggtgccatt gaactgctcc tc #acgaggct    660 gagtcttggc tgtttgcatc tgcttaccgt ccacgaacca gctgatctgc ac #ctcagggt    720 cttctgggtc cagatccacc accacacatg tgacctcagg tgttcgggca at #caagaggg    780 tgtccttggg tttcggggga aagatgaaga ccgaaggccc tcccagcatt tc #aggggttg    840 ggcatttggg acaatcaggt gggcgaggaa ctcttccatt ttctcttttg gg #cactggct    900 tgtctacttt agttttgctg gccgggtggg ccacgttgca ggtgaaggtc tc #gctgggcc    960 acctgctgga gggcactgtc accatgctgc tgagggagta gagccctgag ga #ctgcagga   1020 cggacgggaa ggtgtgcaca ccgctggtca aggagccgga attccaggac ac #agttacag   1080 gctcggggaa gtagcctgac accaggcagg ccagggccac cgtggagccg ga #agtggacc   1140 cgcagctggg ggccagtggg aaaaccgagg gggccgtggt ggaggctgag ga #gacggtga   1200 ccagggttcc ctggccccag gagtcaaaat tcggaccgta ccagttgatc ca #taacccac   1260 ttgtacagta atacagggcc gtatcctcag ctctcaggct gttcatctgc ag #atacagcg   1320 tgttctcgac attgtctctg gaaatggtga atcggcctcg tgcc    #                 136 #4 <210> SEQ ID NO 34 <211> LENGTH: 1168 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (48)..(1166) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 34 ccaggtgacc ccattcagtg ctcaggacac aacacagaca aaccacc atg  #gag tct       56                    #                   #                Met  #Glu Ser                    #                   #                1 gtg ctc tgc tgg gtt ttc ctt gtc tct att tt #a aaa ggt gtc cag ggt      104 Val Leu Cys Trp Val Phe Leu Val Ser Ile Le #u Lys Gly Val Gln Gly     5               #     10              #     15 gag gtg caa ctg gtg gag tct ggg gga gac ct #g gtg aag cct ggg ggg      152 Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Gly Asp Le #u Val Lys Pro Gly Gly 20                   #25                   #30                   #35 tcc ttg aga ctg tcc tgt gtg gcc tct gga tt #c acc ttc agt gac tat      200 Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Val Ala Ser Gly Ph #e Thr Phe Ser Asp Tyr                 40   #                45   #                50 ggc atg agt tgg gtc cgt cag tct cca ggg aa #g ggg ctg cag tgg gtc      248 Gly Met Ser Trp Val Arg Gln Ser Pro Gly Ly #s Gly Leu Gln Trp Val             55       #            60       #            65 gca gct gtt agc aat cgt gga gat act tac ta #c gca gac gct gtg aag      296 Ala Ala Val Ser Asn Arg Gly Asp Thr Tyr Ty #r Ala Asp Ala Val Lys         70           #        75           #        80 ggc cga ttc acc atc tcc aga gac aac gcc aa #g aac acg ctg tat ctc      344 Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala Ly #s Asn Thr Leu Tyr Leu     85               #    90               #    95 cag atg agc agc ctg aaa gcc gag gac acg gc #a atc tat cac tgt gtg      392 Gln Met Ser Ser Leu Lys Ala Glu Asp Thr Al #a Ile Tyr His Cys Val 100                 1 #05                 1 #10                 1 #15 acg gga gta tgg ccg cga cat tat tat ggt at #g gac cac tgg ggc aat      440 Thr Gly Val Trp Pro Arg His Tyr Tyr Gly Me #t Asp His Trp Gly Asn                 120   #               125   #               130 ggc acc tca ctc ttc gtg tcc tca gcc tcc ac #c acg gcc ccc tcg gtt      488 Gly Thr Ser Leu Phe Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Th #r Thr Ala Pro Ser Val             135       #           140       #           145 ttc cca ctg gcc ccc agc tgc ggg tcc act tc #c ggc tcc acg gtg gcc      536 Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Se #r Gly Ser Thr Val Ala         150           #       155           #       160 ctg gcc tgc ctg gtg tca ggc tac ttc ccc ga #g cct gta act gtg tcc      584 Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Gl #u Pro Val Thr Val Ser     165               #   170               #   175 tgg aat tcc ggc tcc ttg acc agc ggt gtg ca #c acc ttc ccg tcc gtc      632 Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val Hi #s Thr Phe Pro Ser Val 180                 1 #85                 1 #90                 1 #95 ctg cag tcc tca ggg ctc tac tcc ctc agc ag #c acg gtg aca gtg ccc      680 Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Se #r Thr Val Thr Val Pro                 200   #               205   #               210 tcc agc agg tgg ccc agc gag acc ttc acc tg #c aac gtg gtc cac ccg      728 Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cy #s Asn Val Val His Pro             215       #           220       #           225 gcc agc aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg cc #c aaa gag tcc acc tgc      776 Ala Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pr #o Lys Glu Ser Thr Cys         230           #       235           #       240 aag tgt ata tcc cca tgc cca gtc cct gaa tc #a ctg gga ggg cct tcg      824 Lys Cys Ile Ser Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Se #r Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser     245               #   250               #   255 gtc ttc atc ttt ccc ccg aaa ccc aag gac at #c ctc agg att acc cga      872 Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Il #e Leu Arg Ile Thr Arg 260                 2 #65                 2 #70                 2 #75 aca ccc gag atc acc tgt gtg gtg tta gat ct #g ggc cgt gag gac cct      920 Thr Pro Glu Ile Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Le #u Gly Arg Glu Asp Pro                 280   #               285   #               290 gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ggt aa #g gag gtg cac aca gcc      968 Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Ly #s Glu Val His Thr Ala             295       #           300       #           305 aag acg cag cct cgt gag cag cag ttc aac ag #c acc tac cgt gtg gtc     1016 Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Se #r Thr Tyr Arg Val Val         310           #       315           #       320 agc gtc ctc ccc att gag cac cag gac tgg ct #c acc gga aag gag ttc     1064 Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Le #u Thr Gly Lys Glu Phe     325               #   330               #   335 aag tgc aga gtc aac cac ata ggc ccc ccg tc #c ccc atc gag agg act     1112 Lys Cys Arg Val Asn His Ile Gly Pro Pro Se #r Pro Ile Glu Arg Thr 340                 3 #45                 3 #50                 3 #55 atc tcc aaa gcc aga ggg caa gcc cat cag cc #c agt gtg tat gtc ctg     1160 Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pr #o Ser Val Tyr Val Leu                 360   #               365   #               370 ccg cca tc               #                   #                   #        1168 Pro Pro <210> SEQ ID NO 35 <211> LENGTH: 373 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 35 Met Glu Ser Val Leu Cys Trp Val Phe Leu Va #l Ser Ile Leu Lys Gly 1               5    #                10   #                15 Val Gln Gly Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gl #y Gly Asp Leu Val Lys             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Val Al #a Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Asp Tyr Gly Met Ser Trp Val Arg Gln Se #r Pro Gly Lys Gly Leu     50               #    55               #    60 Gln Trp Val Ala Ala Val Ser Asn Arg Gly As #p Thr Tyr Tyr Ala Asp 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Ala Val Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Arg As #p Asn Ala Lys Asn Thr                 85   #                90   #                95 Leu Tyr Leu Gln Met Ser Ser Leu Lys Ala Gl #u Asp Thr Ala Ile Tyr             100       #           105       #           110 His Cys Val Thr Gly Val Trp Pro Arg His Ty #r Tyr Gly Met Asp His         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gly Asn Gly Thr Ser Leu Phe Val Ser Se #r Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala     130               #   135               #   140 Pro Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Cys Gl #y Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Thr Val Ala Leu Ala Cys Leu Val Ser Gly Ty #r Phe Pro Glu Pro Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Thr Val Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ser Leu Thr Se #r Gly Val His Thr Phe             180       #           185       #           190 Pro Ser Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Se #r Leu Ser Ser Thr Val         195           #       200           #       205 Thr Val Pro Ser Ser Arg Trp Pro Ser Glu Th #r Phe Thr Cys Asn Val     210               #   215               #   220 Val His Pro Ala Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Ly #s Pro Val Pro Lys Glu 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Ser Thr Cys Lys Cys Ile Ser Pro Cys Pro Va #l Pro Glu Ser Leu Gly                 245   #               250   #               255 Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pr #o Lys Asp Ile Leu Arg             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro Glu Ile Thr Cys Val Va #l Leu Asp Leu Gly Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Va #l Asp Gly Lys Glu Val     290               #   295               #   300 His Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Gln Gl #n Phe Asn Ser Thr Tyr 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gl #n Asp Trp Leu Thr Gly                 325   #               330   #               335 Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys Arg Val Asn His Ile Gl #y Pro Pro Ser Pro Ile             340       #           345       #           350 Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Al #a His Gln Pro Ser Val         355           #       360           #       365 Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro     370 <210> SEQ ID NO 36 <211> LENGTH: 1168 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 36 gatggcggca ggacatacac actgggctga tgggcttgcc ctctggcttt gg #agatagtc     60 ctctcgatgg gggacggggg gcctatgtgg ttgactctgc acttgaactc ct #ttccggtg    120 agccagtcct ggtgctcaat ggggaggacg ctgaccacac ggtaggtgct gt #tgaactgc    180 tgctcacgag gctgcgtctt ggctgtgtgc acctccttac catccacgaa cc #agctgatc    240 tgcacctcag ggtcctcacg gcccagatct aacaccacac aggtgatctc gg #gtgttcgg    300 gtaatcctga ggatgtcctt gggtttcggg ggaaagatga agaccgaagg cc #ctcccagt    360 gattcaggga ctgggcatgg ggatatacac ttgcaggtgg actctttggg ca #ctggcttg    420 tctactttag tgttgctggc cgggtggacc acgttgcagg tgaaggtctc gc #tgggccac    480 ctgctggagg gcactgtcac cgtgctgctg agggagtaga gccctgagga ct #gcaggacg    540 gacgggaagg tgtgcacacc gctggtcaag gagccggaat tccaggacac ag #ttacaggc    600 tcggggaagt agcctgacac caggcaggcc agggccaccg tggagccgga ag #tggacccg    660 cagctggggg ccagtgggaa aaccgagggg gccgtggtgg aggctgagga ca #cgaagagt    720 gaggtgccat tgccccagtg gtccatacca taataatgtc gcggccatac tc #ccgtcaca    780 cagtgataga ttgccgtgtc ctcggctttc aggctgctca tctggagata ca #gcgtgttc    840 ttggcgttgt ctctggagat ggtgaatcgg cccttcacag cgtctgcgta gt #aagtatct    900 ccacgattgc taacagctgc gacccactgc agccccttcc ctggagactg ac #ggacccaa    960 ctcatgccat agtcactgaa ggtgaatcca gaggccacac aggacagtct ca #aggacccc   1020 ccaggcttca ccaggtctcc cccagactcc accagttgca cctcaccctg ga #cacctttt   1080 aaaatagaga caaggaaaac ccagcagagc acagactcca tggtggtttg tc #tgtgttgt   1140 gtcctgagca ctgaatgggg tcacctgg          #                   #           1168 <210> SEQ ID NO 37 <211> LENGTH: 1059 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1056) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 37 tgg ccg cga cat tat tat ggt atg gac cac tg #g ggc aat ggc acc tca       48 Trp Pro Arg His Tyr Tyr Gly Met Asp His Tr #p Gly Asn Gly Thr Ser 1               5    #                10   #                15 ctc ttc gtg tcc tca gcc tcc acc acg gcc cc #c tcg gtt ttc cca ctg       96 Leu Phe Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala Pr #o Ser Val Phe Pro Leu             20       #            25       #            30 gcc ccc agc tgc ggg tcc act tcc ggc tcc ac #g gtg gcc ctg gcc tgc      144 Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Th #r Val Ala Leu Ala Cys         35           #        40           #        45 ctg gtg tca ggc tac ttc ccc gag cct gta ac #t gtg tcc tgg aat tcc      192 Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Glu Pro Val Th #r Val Ser Trp Asn Ser     50               #    55               #    60 gac tcc ttg acc agc ggt gtg cac acc ttc cc #g tcc gtc ctg cag tcc      240 Asp Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val His Thr Phe Pr #o Ser Val Leu Gln Ser 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 tca ggg ctc tac tcc ctc agc agc acg gtg ac #a gtg ccc tcc agc agg      288 Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Ser Thr Val Th #r Val Pro Ser Ser Arg                 85   #                90   #                95 tgg ccc agc gag acc ttc acc tgc aac gtg gt #c cac ccg gcc agc aac      336 Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cys Asn Val Va #l His Pro Ala Ser Asn             100       #           105       #           110 act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg ccc aaa gag tc #c acc tgc aag tgt ata      384 Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Glu Se #r Thr Cys Lys Cys Ile         115           #       120           #       125 tcc cca tgc cca gtc cct gaa tca ctg gga gg #g cct tcg gtc ttc atc      432 Ser Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Ser Leu Gly Gl #y Pro Ser Val Phe Ile     130               #   135               #   140 ttt ccc ccg aaa ccc aag gac atc ctc agg at #t acc cga aca ccc gag      480 Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Ile Leu Arg Il #e Thr Arg Thr Pro Glu 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 atc acc tgt gtg gtg tta gat ctg ggc cgt ga #g gac cct gag gtg cag      528 Ile Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Leu Gly Arg Gl #u Asp Pro Glu Val Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ggt aag gag gtg ca #c aca gcc aag acg cag      576 Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Lys Glu Val Hi #s Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln             180       #           185       #           190 cct cgt gag cag cag ttc aac agc acc tac cg #t gtg gtc agc gtc ctc      624 Pro Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Ser Thr Tyr Ar #g Val Val Ser Val Leu         195           #       200           #       205 ccc att gag cac cag gac tgg ctc acc gga aa #g gag ttc aag tgc aga      672 Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Thr Gly Ly #s Glu Phe Lys Cys Arg     210               #   215               #   220 gtc aac cac ata ggc ctc ccg tcc ccc atc ga #g agg act atc tcc aaa      720 Val Asn His Ile Gly Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile Gl #u Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 gcc aga ggg caa gcc cat cag ccc agt gtg ta #t gtc ctg cca cca tcc      768 Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pro Ser Val Ty #r Val Leu Pro Pro Ser                 245   #               250   #               255 cca aag gag ttg tca tcc agt gac acg gtc ac #c ctg acc tgc ctg atc      816 Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Val Th #r Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile             260       #           265       #           270 aaa gac ttc ttc cca cct gag att gat gtg ga #g tgg cag agc aat gga      864 Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Ile Asp Val Gl #u Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly         275           #       280           #       285 cag ccg gag ccc gag agc aag tac cac acg ac #t gcg ccc cag ctg gac      912 Gln Pro Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr His Thr Th #r Ala Pro Gln Leu Asp     290               #   295               #   300 gag gac ggg tcc tac ttc ctg tac agc aag ct #c tct gtg gac aag agc      960 Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys Le #u Ser Val Asp Lys Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 cgc tgg cag cag gga gac ccc ttc aca tgt gc #g gtg atg cat gaa gct     1008 Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Pro Phe Thr Cys Al #a Val Met His Glu Ala                 325   #               330   #               335 cta cag aac cac tac aca gat cta tcc ctc tc #c cat tct ccg ggt aaa     1056 Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Leu Ser Leu Se #r His Ser Pro Gly Lys             340       #           345       #           350 tga                   #                   #                   #           1059 <210> SEQ ID NO 38 <211> LENGTH: 352 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 38 Trp Pro Arg His Tyr Tyr Gly Met Asp His Tr #p Gly Asn Gly Thr Ser 1               5    #                10   #                15 Leu Phe Val Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala Pr #o Ser Val Phe Pro Leu             20       #            25       #            30 Ala Pro Ser Cys Gly Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Th #r Val Ala Leu Ala Cys         35           #        40           #        45 Leu Val Ser Gly Tyr Phe Pro Glu Pro Val Th #r Val Ser Trp Asn Ser     50               #    55               #    60 Asp Ser Leu Thr Ser Gly Val His Thr Phe Pr #o Ser Val Leu Gln Ser 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Ser Thr Val Th #r Val Pro Ser Ser Arg                 85   #                90   #                95 Trp Pro Ser Glu Thr Phe Thr Cys Asn Val Va #l His Pro Ala Ser Asn             100       #           105       #           110 Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Glu Se #r Thr Cys Lys Cys Ile         115           #       120           #       125 Ser Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Ser Leu Gly Gl #y Pro Ser Val Phe Ile     130               #   135               #   140 Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Ile Leu Arg Il #e Thr Arg Thr Pro Glu 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ile Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Leu Gly Arg Gl #u Asp Pro Glu Val Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Lys Glu Val Hi #s Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln             180       #           185       #           190 Pro Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Ser Thr Tyr Ar #g Val Val Ser Val Leu         195           #       200           #       205 Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Thr Gly Ly #s Glu Phe Lys Cys Arg     210               #   215               #   220 Val Asn His Ile Gly Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile Gl #u Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pro Ser Val Ty #r Val Leu Pro Pro Ser                 245   #               250   #               255 Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Val Th #r Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile             260       #           265       #           270 Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Ile Asp Val Gl #u Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly         275           #       280           #       285 Gln Pro Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr His Thr Th #r Ala Pro Gln Leu Asp     290               #   295               #   300 Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys Le #u Ser Val Asp Lys Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Pro Phe Thr Cys Al #a Val Met His Glu Ala                 325   #               330   #               335 Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Leu Ser Leu Se #r His Ser Pro Gly Lys             340       #           345       #           350 <210> SEQ ID NO 39 <211> LENGTH: 1059 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 39 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggatag atctgtgtag tggttctgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catgtgaagg ggtctccctg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca ca #gagagctt    120 gctgtacagg aagtaggacc cgtcctcgtc cagctggggc gcagtcgtgt gg #tacttgct    180 ctcgggctcc ggctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atctcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgatcagg caggtcaggg tgaccgtgtc actggatgac aactcctttg gg #gatggtgg    300 caggacatac acactgggct gatgggcttg ccctctggct ttggagatag tc #ctctcgat    360 gggggacggg aggcctatgt ggttgactct gcacttgaac tcctttccgg tg #agccagtc    420 ctggtgctca atggggagga cgctgaccac acggtaggtg ctgttgaact gc #tgctcacg    480 aggctgcgtc ttggctgtgt gcacctcctt accatccacg aaccagctga tc #tgcacctc    540 agggtcctca cggcccagat ctaacaccac acaggtgatc tcgggtgttc gg #gtaatcct    600 gaggatgtcc ttgggtttcg ggggaaagat gaagaccgaa ggccctccca gt #gattcagg    660 gactgggcat ggggatatac acttgcaggt ggactctttg ggcactggct tg #tctacttt    720 agtgttgctg gccgggtgga ccacgttgca ggtgaaggtc tcgctgggcc ac #ctgctgga    780 gggcactgtc accgtgctgc tgagggagta gagccctgag gactgcagga cg #gacgggaa    840 ggtgtgcaca ccgctggtca aggagtcgga attccaggac acagttacag gc #tcggggaa    900 gtagcctgac accaggcagg ccagggccac cgtggagccg gaagtggacc cg #cagctggg    960 ggccagtggg aaaaccgagg gggccgtggt ggaggctgag gacacgaaga gt #gaggtgcc   1020 attgccccag tggtccatac cataataatg tcgcggcca       #                   #  1059 <210> SEQ ID NO 40 <211> LENGTH: 36 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (15)..(15) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 15, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (21)..(21) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 21, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 40 caycargayt ggytnaaygg naargartty aartgy       #                   #       36 <210> SEQ ID NO 41 <211> LENGTH: 28 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 41 gccctccagc aggtggccca gcgagacc          #                   #             28 <210> SEQ ID NO 42 <211> LENGTH: 23 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 42 ggggatggcg gcaggacata cac            #                   #                23 <210> SEQ ID NO 43 <211> LENGTH: 23 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 43 tttacccgga gaatgggaga ggg            #                   #                23 <210> SEQ ID NO 44 <211> LENGTH: 28 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 44 ggtctgcgtg ggccacctgc tggagggc          #                   #             28 <210> SEQ ID NO 45 <211> LENGTH: 28 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 45 gggtgggggg cttgctgggt gccgggcg          #                   #             28 <210> SEQ ID NO 46 <211> LENGTH: 30 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 46 ccaggtgacc ccattcagtg ctcaggacac          #                   #           30 <210> SEQ ID NO 47 <211> LENGTH: 26 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 47 ctgtgtgacg ggagtatggc cgcgac           #                   #              26 <210> SEQ ID NO 48 <211> LENGTH: 483 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (470)..(470) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 470, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 48 cttatttgga catggaaccc cccagagggc gccagcccga attgcacctt ac #ggtatttt     60 agtcattttg acaacaaaca ggataagaaa attgctcctg aaactcatcg tt #caaaagaa    120 gtacccctga atgagaggat ttgtctgcaa gtggggtccc agtgcagcac ca #atgaaagt    180 gacaatccta gcattttggt ggaaaagtgc accccaccac ctgaaggtgg tc #ctgagtcg    240 gctgtgactg agctacaatg tgtttggcac aacctgagct acatgaagtg ta #cttggctt    300 cctggaagga atacaagccc tgacaccaac tatactctct actattggca ca #gcagcctg    360 ggaaaaattc ttcaatgcga agacatctat agagaaggtc aacacattgg tt #gttccttt    420 gctctgacta atttgaagga ttccagtttt gaacaacaca gtgtccagan ga #tggtcaag    480 gtt                   #                   #                   #            483 <210> SEQ ID NO 49 <211> LENGTH: 1547 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1215) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 49 ggc ggg gtc gcc gca ccc acc gaa act cag cc #a cct gtg acg aat ttg       48 Gly Gly Val Ala Ala Pro Thr Glu Thr Gln Pr #o Pro Val Thr Asn Leu 1               5    #                10   #                15 agt gtt tct gtt gaa aac ctc tgc acg gtc at #a tgg aca tgg aac cct       96 Ser Val Ser Val Glu Asn Leu Cys Thr Val Il #e Trp Thr Trp Asn Pro             20       #            25       #            30 ccc gag gga gcc agc ccg aat tgc acc tta cg #g tat ttt agt cat ttt      144 Pro Glu Gly Ala Ser Pro Asn Cys Thr Leu Ar #g Tyr Phe Ser His Phe         35           #        40           #        45 gac aac aaa cag gat aag aaa att gct cct ga #a act cat cgt tca aaa      192 Asp Asn Lys Gln Asp Lys Lys Ile Ala Pro Gl #u Thr His Arg Ser Lys     50               #    55               #    60 gaa gta ccc ctg aat gag agg att tgt ctg ca #a gtg ggg tcc cag tgc      240 Glu Val Pro Leu Asn Glu Arg Ile Cys Leu Gl #n Val Gly Ser Gln Cys 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 agc acc aat gaa agt gac aat cct agc att tt #g gtg gaa aag tgc acc      288 Ser Thr Asn Glu Ser Asp Asn Pro Ser Ile Le #u Val Glu Lys Cys Thr                 85   #                90   #                95 cca cca cct gaa ggt gat cct gag tcg gct gt #g act gag cta caa tgt      336 Pro Pro Pro Glu Gly Asp Pro Glu Ser Ala Va #l Thr Glu Leu Gln Cys             100       #           105       #           110 gtt tgg cac aac ctg agc tac atg aag tgt ac #t tgg ctt cct gga agg      384 Val Trp His Asn Leu Ser Tyr Met Lys Cys Th #r Trp Leu Pro Gly Arg         115           #       120           #       125 aat aca agc cct gac acc aac tat act ctc ta #c tat tgg cac agc agc      432 Asn Thr Ser Pro Asp Thr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Ty #r Tyr Trp His Ser Ser     130               #   135               #   140 ctg gga aaa att ctt caa tgc gaa gac atc ta #t aga gaa ggt caa cac      480 Leu Gly Lys Ile Leu Gln Cys Glu Asp Ile Ty #r Arg Glu Gly Gln His 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 att ggt tgt tcc ttt gct ctg act aat ttg aa #g gat tcc agt ttt gaa      528 Ile Gly Cys Ser Phe Ala Leu Thr Asn Leu Ly #s Asp Ser Ser Phe Glu                 165   #               170   #               175 caa cac agt gtc caa ata atg gtc aag gat aa #t gca aga aaa att aga      576 Gln His Ser Val Gln Ile Met Val Lys Asp As #n Ala Arg Lys Ile Arg             180       #           185       #           190 ccg tcc ttc aat ata gtg cct tta act tct ca #t gtg aaa cct gat ccc      624 Pro Ser Phe Asn Ile Val Pro Leu Thr Ser Hi #s Val Lys Pro Asp Pro         195           #       200           #       205 ccc cat att aag cgt ctc ttc ttc caa aat gg #t aac ttg tat gtg caa      672 Pro His Ile Lys Arg Leu Phe Phe Gln Asn Gl #y Asn Leu Tyr Val Gln     210               #   215               #   220 tgg aag aat cca caa aat ttt tat agc aga tg #c tta tct tac caa gta      720 Trp Lys Asn Pro Gln Asn Phe Tyr Ser Arg Cy #s Leu Ser Tyr Gln Val 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 gaa gtc aat aac agc cag act gag acg aat ga #t ata ttc tac gtt gaa      768 Glu Val Asn Asn Ser Gln Thr Glu Thr Asn As #p Ile Phe Tyr Val Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 gaa gcc aaa tgt cag aat tca gaa ttt gag gg #a aac ctg gag ggt aca      816 Glu Ala Lys Cys Gln Asn Ser Glu Phe Glu Gl #y Asn Leu Glu Gly Thr             260       #           265       #           270 att tgt ttc atg gtc ccc ggc gtt ctt cct ga #t act ttg aac aca gtc      864 Ile Cys Phe Met Val Pro Gly Val Leu Pro As #p Thr Leu Asn Thr Val         275           #       280           #       285 aga ata aga gtc aga aca aat aag tta tgc ta #t gag gat gac aaa ctc      912 Arg Ile Arg Val Arg Thr Asn Lys Leu Cys Ty #r Glu Asp Asp Lys Leu     290               #   295               #   300 tgg agt aat tgg agt caa gcg atg agt ata gg #t gag aat acc gac ccc      960 Trp Ser Asn Trp Ser Gln Ala Met Ser Ile Gl #y Glu Asn Thr Asp Pro 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 acg ttc tat ata acc atg ttg ctc gcc act ca #a gtc atc gtt gca ggt     1008 Thr Phe Tyr Ile Thr Met Leu Leu Ala Thr Gl #n Val Ile Val Ala Gly                 325   #               330   #               335 gcc atc ata atc ctt ctg ctt tat ctc aaa ag #g ctc aag atc att ata     1056 Ala Ile Ile Ile Leu Leu Leu Tyr Leu Lys Ar #g Leu Lys Ile Ile Ile             340       #           345       #           350 ttc cct cca att cct gat cct ggc aag att tt #t aaa gaa atg ttt gga     1104 Phe Pro Pro Ile Pro Asp Pro Gly Lys Ile Ph #e Lys Glu Met Phe Gly         355           #       360           #       365 gac cag aat gat gat acg ctg cac tgg agg aa #g tac gac atc tat gag     1152 Asp Gln Asn Asp Asp Thr Leu His Trp Arg Ly #s Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Glu     370               #   375               #   380 aag caa aca aaa gaa gaa acg gac tca gta gt #g ctg att gaa aac ctg     1200 Lys Gln Thr Lys Glu Glu Thr Asp Ser Val Va #l Leu Ile Glu Asn Leu 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 aag aaa gcc tct cag taatggggat aacttatttt agccttcag #c atgaccttgt     1255 Lys Lys Ala Ser Gln                 405 aaagattcat ccccacgttc tcgggaagct tcaaggtcaa gcatcttggg aa #aggacatt   1315 acagtttcta cagcatggtg tacctgggca tctccgacta cttcttcaac ac #agcagggc   1375 ttgtgtacca agaggcaggg gccttaaaca tgaccatcac ggacgacatg at #accaaaga   1435 aatccaaatt ccgactgaca accgattttt tggggaccct cataccccaa gt #ggccgaga   1495 tgttccccaa catgacggtt caattcaacg tctgggcctc ctccccgccg ca #           1547 <210> SEQ ID NO 50 <211> LENGTH: 405 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 50 Gly Gly Val Ala Ala Pro Thr Glu Thr Gln Pr #o Pro Val Thr Asn Leu 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Val Ser Val Glu Asn Leu Cys Thr Val Il #e Trp Thr Trp Asn Pro             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Glu Gly Ala Ser Pro Asn Cys Thr Leu Ar #g Tyr Phe Ser His Phe         35           #        40           #        45 Asp Asn Lys Gln Asp Lys Lys Ile Ala Pro Gl #u Thr His Arg Ser Lys     50               #    55               #    60 Glu Val Pro Leu Asn Glu Arg Ile Cys Leu Gl #n Val Gly Ser Gln Cys 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Ser Thr Asn Glu Ser Asp Asn Pro Ser Ile Le #u Val Glu Lys Cys Thr                 85   #                90   #                95 Pro Pro Pro Glu Gly Asp Pro Glu Ser Ala Va #l Thr Glu Leu Gln Cys             100       #           105       #           110 Val Trp His Asn Leu Ser Tyr Met Lys Cys Th #r Trp Leu Pro Gly Arg         115           #       120           #       125 Asn Thr Ser Pro Asp Thr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Ty #r Tyr Trp His Ser Ser     130               #   135               #   140 Leu Gly Lys Ile Leu Gln Cys Glu Asp Ile Ty #r Arg Glu Gly Gln His 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ile Gly Cys Ser Phe Ala Leu Thr Asn Leu Ly #s Asp Ser Ser Phe Glu                 165   #               170   #               175 Gln His Ser Val Gln Ile Met Val Lys Asp As #n Ala Arg Lys Ile Arg             180       #           185       #           190 Pro Ser Phe Asn Ile Val Pro Leu Thr Ser Hi #s Val Lys Pro Asp Pro         195           #       200           #       205 Pro His Ile Lys Arg Leu Phe Phe Gln Asn Gl #y Asn Leu Tyr Val Gln     210               #   215               #   220 Trp Lys Asn Pro Gln Asn Phe Tyr Ser Arg Cy #s Leu Ser Tyr Gln Val 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Glu Val Asn Asn Ser Gln Thr Glu Thr Asn As #p Ile Phe Tyr Val Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Ala Lys Cys Gln Asn Ser Glu Phe Glu Gl #y Asn Leu Glu Gly Thr             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Cys Phe Met Val Pro Gly Val Leu Pro As #p Thr Leu Asn Thr Val         275           #       280           #       285 Arg Ile Arg Val Arg Thr Asn Lys Leu Cys Ty #r Glu Asp Asp Lys Leu     290               #   295               #   300 Trp Ser Asn Trp Ser Gln Ala Met Ser Ile Gl #y Glu Asn Thr Asp Pro 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Thr Phe Tyr Ile Thr Met Leu Leu Ala Thr Gl #n Val Ile Val Ala Gly                 325   #               330   #               335 Ala Ile Ile Ile Leu Leu Leu Tyr Leu Lys Ar #g Leu Lys Ile Ile Ile             340       #           345       #           350 Phe Pro Pro Ile Pro Asp Pro Gly Lys Ile Ph #e Lys Glu Met Phe Gly         355           #       360           #       365 Asp Gln Asn Asp Asp Thr Leu His Trp Arg Ly #s Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Glu     370               #   375               #   380 Lys Gln Thr Lys Glu Glu Thr Asp Ser Val Va #l Leu Ile Glu Asn Leu 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Lys Lys Ala Ser Gln                 405 <210> SEQ ID NO 51 <211> LENGTH: 1547 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 51 tgcggcgggg aggaggccca gacgttgaat tgaaccgtca tgttggggaa ca #tctcggcc     60 acttggggta tgagggtccc caaaaaatcg gttgtcagtc ggaatttgga tt #tctttggt    120 atcatgtcgt ccgtgatggt catgtttaag gcccctgcct cttggtacac aa #gccctgct    180 gtgttgaaga agtagtcgga gatgcccagg tacaccatgc tgtagaaact gt #aatgtcct    240 ttcccaagat gcttgacctt gaagcttccc gagaacgtgg ggatgaatct tt #acaaggtc    300 atgctgaagg ctaaaataag ttatccccat tactgagagg ctttcttcag gt #tttcaatc    360 agcactactg agtccgtttc ttcttttgtt tgcttctcat agatgtcgta ct #tcctccag    420 tgcagcgtat catcattctg gtctccaaac atttctttaa aaatcttgcc ag #gatcagga    480 attggaggga atataatgat cttgagcctt ttgagataaa gcagaaggat ta #tgatggca    540 cctgcaacga tgacttgagt ggcgagcaac atggttatat agaacgtggg gt #cggtattc    600 tcacctatac tcatcgcttg actccaatta ctccagagtt tgtcatcctc at #agcataac    660 ttatttgttc tgactcttat tctgactgtg ttcaaagtat caggaagaac gc #cggggacc    720 atgaaacaaa ttgtaccctc caggtttccc tcaaattctg aattctgaca tt #tggcttct    780 tcaacgtaga atatatcatt cgtctcagtc tggctgttat tgacttctac tt #ggtaagat    840 aagcatctgc tataaaaatt ttgtggattc ttccattgca catacaagtt ac #cattttgg    900 aagaagagac gcttaatatg ggggggatca ggtttcacat gagaagttaa ag #gcactata    960 ttgaaggacg gtctaatttt tcttgcatta tccttgacca ttatttggac ac #tgtgttgt   1020 tcaaaactgg aatccttcaa attagtcaga gcaaaggaac aaccaatgtg tt #gaccttct   1080 ctatagatgt cttcgcattg aagaattttt cccaggctgc tgtgccaata gt #agagagta   1140 tagttggtgt cagggcttgt attccttcca ggaagccaag tacacttcat gt #agctcagg   1200 ttgtgccaaa cacattgtag ctcagtcaca gccgactcag gatcaccttc ag #gtggtggg   1260 gtgcactttt ccaccaaaat gctaggattg tcactttcat tggtgctgca ct #gggacccc   1320 acttgcagac aaatcctctc attcaggggt acttcttttg aacgatgagt tt #caggagca   1380 attttcttat cctgtttgtt gtcaaaatga ctaaaatacc gtaaggtgca at #tcgggctg   1440 gctccctcgg gagggttcca tgtccatatg accgtgcaga ggttttcaac ag #aaacactc   1500 aaattcgtca caggtggctg agtttcggtg ggtgcggcga ccccgcc    #              1547 <210> SEQ ID NO 52 <211> LENGTH: 1215 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 52 ggcggggtcg ccgcacccac cgaaactcag ccacctgtga cgaatttgag tg #tttctgtt     60 gaaaacctct gcacggtcat atggacatgg aaccctcccg agggagccag cc #cgaattgc    120 accttacggt attttagtca ttttgacaac aaacaggata agaaaattgc tc #ctgaaact    180 catcgttcaa aagaagtacc cctgaatgag aggatttgtc tgcaagtggg gt #cccagtgc    240 agcaccaatg aaagtgacaa tcctagcatt ttggtggaaa agtgcacccc ac #cacctgaa    300 ggtgatcctg agtcggctgt gactgagcta caatgtgttt ggcacaacct ga #gctacatg    360 aagtgtactt ggcttcctgg aaggaataca agccctgaca ccaactatac tc #tctactat    420 tggcacagca gcctgggaaa aattcttcaa tgcgaagaca tctatagaga ag #gtcaacac    480 attggttgtt cctttgctct gactaatttg aaggattcca gttttgaaca ac #acagtgtc    540 caaataatgg tcaaggataa tgcaagaaaa attagaccgt ccttcaatat ag #tgccttta    600 acttctcatg tgaaacctga tcccccccat attaagcgtc tcttcttcca aa #atggtaac    660 ttgtatgtgc aatggaagaa tccacaaaat ttttatagca gatgcttatc tt #accaagta    720 gaagtcaata acagccagac tgagacgaat gatatattct acgttgaaga ag #ccaaatgt    780 cagaattcag aatttgaggg aaacctggag ggtacaattt gtttcatggt cc #ccggcgtt    840 cttcctgata ctttgaacac agtcagaata agagtcagaa caaataagtt at #gctatgag    900 gatgacaaac tctggagtaa ttggagtcaa gcgatgagta taggtgagaa ta #ccgacccc    960 acgttctata taaccatgtt gctcgccact caagtcatcg ttgcaggtgc ca #tcataatc   1020 cttctgcttt atctcaaaag gctcaagatc attatattcc ctccaattcc tg #atcctggc   1080 aagattttta aagaaatgtt tggagaccag aatgatgata cgctgcactg ga #ggaagtac   1140 gacatctatg agaagcaaac aaaagaagaa acggactcag tagtgctgat tg #aaaacctg   1200 aagaaagcct ctcag               #                   #                   #  1215 <210> SEQ ID NO 53 <211> LENGTH: 1215 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 53 ctgagaggct ttcttcaggt tttcaatcag cactactgag tccgtttctt ct #tttgtttg     60 cttctcatag atgtcgtact tcctccagtg cagcgtatca tcattctggt ct #ccaaacat    120 ttctttaaaa atcttgccag gatcaggaat tggagggaat ataatgatct tg #agcctttt    180 gagataaagc agaaggatta tgatggcacc tgcaacgatg acttgagtgg cg #agcaacat    240 ggttatatag aacgtggggt cggtattctc acctatactc atcgcttgac tc #caattact    300 ccagagtttg tcatcctcat agcataactt atttgttctg actcttattc tg #actgtgtt    360 caaagtatca ggaagaacgc cggggaccat gaaacaaatt gtaccctcca gg #tttccctc    420 aaattctgaa ttctgacatt tggcttcttc aacgtagaat atatcattcg tc #tcagtctg    480 gctgttattg acttctactt ggtaagataa gcatctgcta taaaaatttt gt #ggattctt    540 ccattgcaca tacaagttac cattttggaa gaagagacgc ttaatatggg gg #ggatcagg    600 tttcacatga gaagttaaag gcactatatt gaaggacggt ctaatttttc tt #gcattatc    660 cttgaccatt atttggacac tgtgttgttc aaaactggaa tccttcaaat ta #gtcagagc    720 aaaggaacaa ccaatgtgtt gaccttctct atagatgtct tcgcattgaa ga #atttttcc    780 caggctgctg tgccaatagt agagagtata gttggtgtca gggcttgtat tc #cttccagg    840 aagccaagta cacttcatgt agctcaggtt gtgccaaaca cattgtagct ca #gtcacagc    900 cgactcagga tcaccttcag gtggtggggt gcacttttcc accaaaatgc ta #ggattgtc    960 actttcattg gtgctgcact gggaccccac ttgcagacaa atcctctcat tc #aggggtac   1020 ttcttttgaa cgatgagttt caggagcaat tttcttatcc tgtttgttgt ca #aaatgact   1080 aaaataccgt aaggtgcaat tcgggctggc tccctcggga gggttccatg tc #catatgac   1140 cgtgcagagg ttttcaacag aaacactcaa attcgtcaca ggtggctgag tt #tcggtggg   1200 tgcggcgacc ccgcc               #                   #                   #  1215 <210> SEQ ID NO 54 <211> LENGTH: 620 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (184)..(618) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 54 ggcacgaggc tgagtttgtg tgcttgatta tcagacagga agggaagtct ta #gagattct     60 aattaatgtc tccaaactgg agaagagaaa aaaaagagga cctgtgataa tt #gcctatga    120 taattcattt cttgagaaac catattattg agtggaaact tcaaagtatt ga #atcttgga    180 gga atg gct ttc att cat ttg gat gtc gga tt #c ctc tat acc ctg ctt      228     Met Ala Phe Ile His Leu Asp Val  #Gly Phe Leu Tyr Thr Leu Leu     1               # 5                  #  10                 #  15 gtt tgc aca gca ttt ggc tct atg ctt tca aa #t gct gag ata aaa gtt      276 Val Cys Thr Ala Phe Gly Ser Met Leu Ser As #n Ala Glu Ile Lys Val                 20   #                25   #                30 aat cct cct cag gat ttt gag ata gtg gac cc #t gga tat tta ggt tat      324 Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pr #o Gly Tyr Leu Gly Tyr             35       #            40       #            45 ctc tct ttg caa tgg caa cct cca tta ttt cc #g gat aat ttt aag gaa      372 Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pr #o Asp Asn Phe Lys Glu         50           #        55           #        60 tgc aca ata gaa tat gaa tta aaa tac cga aa #c att gat agt gaa aac      420 Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg As #n Ile Asp Ser Glu Asn     65               #    70               #    75 tgg aag acc atc att acc aag aat cta cat ta #c aaa gat ggg ttt gat      468 Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile Thr Lys Asn Leu His Ty #r Lys Asp Gly Phe Asp 80                   #85                   #90                   #95 ctt aac aaa ggt att gaa gca aag ata aac ac #a ctt ctg cca gca caa      516 Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Th #r Leu Leu Pro Ala Gln                 100   #               105   #               110 tgc aca aat gga tca gaa gtt aga agt tca tg #g gca gaa act act tat      564 Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Tr #p Ala Glu Thr Thr Tyr             115       #           120       #           125 tgg aca tca cca caa gga aat cgg gaa act aa #a att caa gat atg gac      612 Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Ly #s Ile Gln Asp Met Asp         130           #       135           #       140 tgt gta ta               #                   #                   #         620 Cys Val     145 <210> SEQ ID NO 55 <211> LENGTH: 145 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 55 Met Ala Phe Ile His Leu Asp Val Gly Phe Le #u Tyr Thr Leu Leu Val 1               5    #                10   #                15 Cys Thr Ala Phe Gly Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Al #a Glu Ile Lys Val Asn             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Pro Gln Asp Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gl #y Tyr Leu Gly Tyr Leu         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Leu Gln Trp Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro As #p Asn Phe Lys Glu Cys     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Ile Glu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Il #e Asp Ser Glu Asn Trp 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Lys Thr Ile Ile Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Ly #s Asp Gly Phe Asp Leu                 85   #                90   #                95 Asn Lys Gly Ile Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Le #u Leu Pro Ala Gln Cys             100       #           105       #           110 Thr Asn Gly Ser Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Al #a Glu Thr Thr Tyr Trp         115           #       120           #       125 Thr Ser Pro Gln Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Il #e Gln Asp Met Asp Cys     130               #   135               #   140 Val 145 <210> SEQ ID NO 56 <211> LENGTH: 620 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 56 tatacacagt ccatatcttg aattttagtt tcccgatttc cttgtggtga tg #tccaataa     60 gtagtttctg cccatgaact tctaacttct gatccatttg tgcattgtgc tg #gcagaagt    120 gtgtttatct ttgcttcaat acctttgtta agatcaaacc catctttgta at #gtagattc    180 ttggtaatga tggtcttcca gttttcacta tcaatgtttc ggtattttaa tt #catattct    240 attgtgcatt ccttaaaatt atccggaaat aatggaggtt gccattgcaa ag #agagataa    300 cctaaatatc cagggtccac tatctcaaaa tcctgaggag gattaacttt ta #tctcagca    360 tttgaaagca tagagccaaa tgctgtgcaa acaagcaggg tatagaggaa tc #cgacatcc    420 aaatgaatga aagccattcc tccaagattc aatactttga agtttccact ca #ataatatg    480 gtttctcaag aaatgaatta tcataggcaa ttatcacagg tcctcttttt tt #tctcttct    540 ccagtttgga gacattaatt agaatctcta agacttccct tcctgtctga ta #atcaagca    600 cacaaactca gcctcgtgcc             #                   #                   #620 <210> SEQ ID NO 57 <211> LENGTH: 878 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(765) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (862)..(862) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 862, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 57 caa gga aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat at #g gac tgt gta tat tac       48 Gln Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Me #t Asp Cys Val Tyr Tyr 1               5    #                10   #                15 aac tgg caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cc #t ggc atg ggt gtc cat       96 Asn Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pr #o Gly Met Gly Val His             20       #            25       #            30 ttt gat acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg ta #t gag ggc ttg gac cat      144 Phe Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Ty #r Glu Gly Leu Asp His         35           #        40           #        45 tca gca gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aa #t gga aaa aat atg gga      192 Ser Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val As #n Gly Lys Asn Met Gly     50               #    55               #    60 tgc agg ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac ta #t aaa gat ttc tac atc      240 Cys Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Ty #r Lys Asp Phe Tyr Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 tgt gtt aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct at #c aga ccc agc tat ttt      288 Cys Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Il #e Arg Pro Ser Tyr Phe                 85   #                90   #                95 att ttt cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct at #g cca cca gac tac ctt      336 Ile Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Me #t Pro Pro Asp Tyr Leu             100       #           105       #           110 agt ctt act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aa #c ctg aaa tgg aac atg      384 Ser Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile As #n Leu Lys Trp Asn Met         115           #       120           #       125 cct aaa gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc at #t tat gaa att gaa ttc      432 Pro Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Il #e Tyr Glu Ile Glu Phe     130               #   135               #   140 aca gag gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc ac #a gtt gag aat gag ata      480 Thr Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Th #r Val Glu Asn Glu Ile 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 caa atc aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aa #a tta tgc ttt ttg gta      528 Gln Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Ly #s Leu Cys Phe Leu Val                 165   #               170   #               175 aga agt aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat ga #t gga atc tgg agt gag      576 Arg Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp As #p Gly Ile Trp Ser Glu             180       #           185       #           190 tgg agt gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gac at #a tgg aag gaa acc tta      624 Trp Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Il #e Trp Lys Glu Thr Leu         195           #       200           #       205 gta ttt ttc ttg ata cca ttt gct ttt gtc tc #a ata ttt gtt ttg gta      672 Val Phe Phe Leu Ile Pro Phe Ala Phe Val Se #r Ile Phe Val Leu Val     210               #   215               #   220 ata act tgc ctg ctt ttg tat aag caa agg gc #t tta ctg aaa acg atc      720 Ile Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Tyr Lys Gln Arg Al #a Leu Leu Lys Thr Ile 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 ttt cat aca aaa aaa gaa gtc ttt tct cat ca #a gac aca ttc tgt          76 #5 Phe His Thr Lys Lys Glu Val Phe Ser His Gl #n Asp Thr Phe Cys                 245   #               250   #               255 tgactcagta actttcagtc ttatggccag atgttaaata tgagtcttat ta #aactgaag    825 cttttcctca aatattgaat aaatcttatt ttaaaangaa aaaaaaaaaa aa #a           878 <210> SEQ ID NO 58 <211> LENGTH: 255 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 58 Gln Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Me #t Asp Cys Val Tyr Tyr 1               5    #                10   #                15 Asn Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pr #o Gly Met Gly Val His             20       #            25       #            30 Phe Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Ty #r Glu Gly Leu Asp His         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val As #n Gly Lys Asn Met Gly     50               #    55               #    60 Cys Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Ty #r Lys Asp Phe Tyr Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Cys Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Il #e Arg Pro Ser Tyr Phe                 85   #                90   #                95 Ile Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Me #t Pro Pro Asp Tyr Leu             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile As #n Leu Lys Trp Asn Met         115           #       120           #       125 Pro Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Il #e Tyr Glu Ile Glu Phe     130               #   135               #   140 Thr Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Th #r Val Glu Asn Glu Ile 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Gln Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Ly #s Leu Cys Phe Leu Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Arg Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp As #p Gly Ile Trp Ser Glu             180       #           185       #           190 Trp Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Il #e Trp Lys Glu Thr Leu         195           #       200           #       205 Val Phe Phe Leu Ile Pro Phe Ala Phe Val Se #r Ile Phe Val Leu Val     210               #   215               #   220 Ile Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Tyr Lys Gln Arg Al #a Leu Leu Lys Thr Ile 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Phe His Thr Lys Lys Glu Val Phe Ser His Gl #n Asp Thr Phe Cys                 245   #               250   #               255 <210> SEQ ID NO 59 <211> LENGTH: 878 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (17)..(17) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 17, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 59 tttttttttt tttttcnttt taaaataaga tttattcaat atttgaggaa aa #gcttcagt     60 ttaataagac tcatatttaa catctggcca taagactgaa agttactgag tc #aacagaat    120 gtgtcttgat gagaaaagac ttcttttttt gtatgaaaga tcgttttcag ta #aagccctt    180 tgcttataca aaagcaggca agttattacc aaaacaaata ttgagacaaa ag #caaatggt    240 atcaagaaaa atactaaggt ttccttccat atgtcacctt tccagcattg tt #catcactc    300 cactcactcc agattccatc atctgagcaa taaatattca ctttacttct ta #ccaaaaag    360 cataattttt ggctttcatt tgatgttctt gtgatttgta tctcattctc aa #ctgtggta    420 gtcacccaag tagtaccatc ctctgtgaat tcaatttcat aaatgaaaca tt #tggctgga    480 atgggtcctt taggcatgtt ccatttcagg ttaatttcct ctgaattctt ca #cagtaaga    540 ctaaggtagt ctggtggcat aggtttaact atattttgaa gctgaaaaat aa #aatagctg    600 ggtctgatag gctgggattc tgatgaccca ttaacacaga tgtagaaatc tt #tatagtct    660 gatgactcca aatagggaaa cctgcatccc atattttttc cattaacctt ga #tgtaatca    720 gtacactctg ctgaatggtc caagccctca taccagtaaa acaactggta at #tggtatca    780 aaatggacac ccatgccagg tttccaagag cagactaaat attgccagtt gt #aatataca    840 cagtccatat cttgaatttt agtttcccga tttccttg       #                   #    878 <210> SEQ ID NO 60 <211> LENGTH: 1454 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (184)..(1341) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1438)..(1438) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 1438, n  #= unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 60 ggcacgaggc tgagtttgtg tgcttgatta tcagacagga agggaagtct ta #gagattct     60 aattaatgtc tccaaactgg agaagagaaa aaaaagagga cctgtgataa tt #gcctatga    120 taattcattt cttgagaaac catattattg agtggaaact tcaaagtatt ga #atcttgga    180 gga atg gct ttc att cat ttg gat gtc gga tt #c ctc tat acc ctg ctt      228     Met Ala Phe Ile His Leu Asp Val  #Gly Phe Leu Tyr Thr Leu Leu     1               # 5                  #  10                 #  15 gtt tgc aca gca ttt ggc tct atg ctt tca aa #t gct gag ata aaa gtt      276 Val Cys Thr Ala Phe Gly Ser Met Leu Ser As #n Ala Glu Ile Lys Val                 20   #                25   #                30 aat cct cct cag gat ttt gag ata gtg gac cc #t gga tat tta ggt tat      324 Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pr #o Gly Tyr Leu Gly Tyr             35       #            40       #            45 ctc tct ttg caa tgg caa cct cca tta ttt cc #g gat aat ttt aag gaa      372 Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pr #o Asp Asn Phe Lys Glu         50           #        55           #        60 tgc aca ata gaa tat gaa tta aaa tac cga aa #c att gat agt gaa aac      420 Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg As #n Ile Asp Ser Glu Asn     65               #    70               #    75 tgg aag acc atc att acc aag aat cta cat ta #c aaa gat ggg ttt gat      468 Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile Thr Lys Asn Leu His Ty #r Lys Asp Gly Phe Asp 80                   #85                   #90                   #95 ctt aac aaa ggt att gaa gca aag ata aac ac #a ctt ctg cca gca caa      516 Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Th #r Leu Leu Pro Ala Gln                 100   #               105   #               110 tgc aca aat gga tca gaa gtt aga agt tca tg #g gca gaa act act tat      564 Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Tr #p Ala Glu Thr Thr Tyr             115       #           120       #           125 tgg aca tca cca caa gga aat cgg gaa act aa #a att caa gat atg gac      612 Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Ly #s Ile Gln Asp Met Asp         130           #       135           #       140 tgt gta tat tac aac tgg caa tat tta gtc tg #c tct tgg aaa cct ggc      660 Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cy #s Ser Trp Lys Pro Gly     145               #   150               #   155 atg ggt gtc cat ttt gat acc aat tac cag tt #g ttt tac tgg tat gag      708 Met Gly Val His Phe Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Le #u Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Glu 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 ggc ttg gac cat tca gca gag tgt act gat ta #c atc aag gtt aat gga      756 Gly Leu Asp His Ser Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Ty #r Ile Lys Val Asn Gly                 180   #               185   #               190 aaa aat atg gga tgc agg ttt ccc tat ttg ga #g tca tca gac tat aaa      804 Lys Asn Met Gly Cys Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Gl #u Ser Ser Asp Tyr Lys             195       #           200       #           205 gat ttc tac atc tgt gtt aat ggg tca tca ga #a tcc cag cct atc aga      852 Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Gl #u Ser Gln Pro Ile Arg         210           #       215           #       220 ccc agc tat ttt att ttt cag ctt caa aat at #a gtt aaa cct atg cca      900 Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Il #e Val Lys Pro Met Pro     225               #   230               #   235 cca gac tac ctt agt ctt act gtg aag aat tc #a gag gaa att aac ctg      948 Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Se #r Glu Glu Ile Asn Leu 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 aaa tgg aac atg cct aaa gga ccc att cca gc #c aaa tgt ttc att tat      996 Lys Trp Asn Met Pro Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Al #a Lys Cys Phe Ile Tyr                 260   #               265   #               270 gaa att gaa ttc aca gag gat ggt act act tg #g gtg act acc aca gtt     1044 Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Tr #p Val Thr Thr Thr Val             275       #           280       #           285 gag aat gag ata caa atc aca aga aca tca aa #t gaa agc caa aaa tta     1092 Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser As #n Glu Ser Gln Lys Leu         290           #       295           #       300 tgc ttt ttg gta aga agt aaa gtg aat att ta #t tgc tca gat gat gga     1140 Cys Phe Leu Val Arg Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Ty #r Cys Ser Asp Asp Gly     305               #   310               #   315 atc tgg agt gag tgg agt gat gaa caa tgc tg #g aaa ggt gac ata tgg     1188 Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Tr #p Lys Gly Asp Ile Trp 320                 3 #25                 3 #30                 3 #35 aag gaa acc tta gta ttt ttc ttg ata cca tt #t gct ttt gtc tca ata     1236 Lys Glu Thr Leu Val Phe Phe Leu Ile Pro Ph #e Ala Phe Val Ser Ile                 340   #               345   #               350 ttt gtt ttg gta ata act tgc ctg ctt ttg ta #t aag caa agg gct tta     1284 Phe Val Leu Val Ile Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Ty #r Lys Gln Arg Ala Leu             355       #           360       #           365 ctg aaa acg atc ttt cat aca aaa aaa gaa gt #c ttt tct cat caa gac     1332 Leu Lys Thr Ile Phe His Thr Lys Lys Glu Va #l Phe Ser His Gln Asp         370           #       375           #       380 aca ttc tgt tgactcagta actttcagtc ttatggccag atgttaaat #a             1381 Thr Phe Cys     385 tgagtcttat taaactgaag cttttcctca aatattgaat aaatcttatt tt #aaaangaa   1441 aaaaaaaaaa aaa               #                   #                   #    1454 <210> SEQ ID NO 61 <211> LENGTH: 386 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 61 Met Ala Phe Ile His Leu Asp Val Gly Phe Le #u Tyr Thr Leu Leu Val 1               5    #                10   #                15 Cys Thr Ala Phe Gly Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Al #a Glu Ile Lys Val Asn             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Pro Gln Asp Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gl #y Tyr Leu Gly Tyr Leu         35           #        40           #        45 Ser Leu Gln Trp Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro As #p Asn Phe Lys Glu Cys     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Ile Glu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Il #e Asp Ser Glu Asn Trp 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Lys Thr Ile Ile Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Ly #s Asp Gly Phe Asp Leu                 85   #                90   #                95 Asn Lys Gly Ile Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Le #u Leu Pro Ala Gln Cys             100       #           105       #           110 Thr Asn Gly Ser Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Al #a Glu Thr Thr Tyr Trp         115           #       120           #       125 Thr Ser Pro Gln Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Il #e Gln Asp Met Asp Cys     130               #   135               #   140 Val Tyr Tyr Asn Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Se #r Trp Lys Pro Gly Met 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Gly Val His Phe Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Ph #e Tyr Trp Tyr Glu Gly                 165   #               170   #               175 Leu Asp His Ser Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Il #e Lys Val Asn Gly Lys             180       #           185       #           190 Asn Met Gly Cys Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Se #r Ser Asp Tyr Lys Asp         195           #       200           #       205 Phe Tyr Ile Cys Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Se #r Gln Pro Ile Arg Pro     210               #   215               #   220 Ser Tyr Phe Ile Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Va #l Lys Pro Met Pro Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Asp Tyr Leu Ser Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Gl #u Glu Ile Asn Leu Lys                 245   #               250   #               255 Trp Asn Met Pro Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Ly #s Cys Phe Ile Tyr Glu             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Glu Phe Thr Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Va #l Thr Thr Thr Val Glu         275           #       280           #       285 Asn Glu Ile Gln Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Gl #u Ser Gln Lys Leu Cys     290               #   295               #   300 Phe Leu Val Arg Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cy #s Ser Asp Asp Gly Ile 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Trp Ser Glu Trp Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Ly #s Gly Asp Ile Trp Lys                 325   #               330   #               335 Glu Thr Leu Val Phe Phe Leu Ile Pro Phe Al #a Phe Val Ser Ile Phe             340       #           345       #           350 Val Leu Val Ile Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Tyr Ly #s Gln Arg Ala Leu Leu         355           #       360           #       365 Lys Thr Ile Phe His Thr Lys Lys Glu Val Ph #e Ser His Gln Asp Thr     370               #   375               #   380 Phe Cys 385 <210> SEQ ID NO 62 <211> LENGTH: 1454 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (17)..(17) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 17, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 62 tttttttttt tttttcnttt taaaataaga tttattcaat atttgaggaa aa #gcttcagt     60 ttaataagac tcatatttaa catctggcca taagactgaa agttactgag tc #aacagaat    120 gtgtcttgat gagaaaagac ttcttttttt gtatgaaaga tcgttttcag ta #aagccctt    180 tgcttataca aaagcaggca agttattacc aaaacaaata ttgagacaaa ag #caaatggt    240 atcaagaaaa atactaaggt ttccttccat atgtcacctt tccagcattg tt #catcactc    300 cactcactcc agattccatc atctgagcaa taaatattca ctttacttct ta #ccaaaaag    360 cataattttt ggctttcatt tgatgttctt gtgatttgta tctcattctc aa #ctgtggta    420 gtcacccaag tagtaccatc ctctgtgaat tcaatttcat aaatgaaaca tt #tggctgga    480 atgggtcctt taggcatgtt ccatttcagg ttaatttcct ctgaattctt ca #cagtaaga    540 ctaaggtagt ctggtggcat aggtttaact atattttgaa gctgaaaaat aa #aatagctg    600 ggtctgatag gctgggattc tgatgaccca ttaacacaga tgtagaaatc tt #tatagtct    660 gatgactcca aatagggaaa cctgcatccc atattttttc cattaacctt ga #tgtaatca    720 gtacactctg ctgaatggtc caagccctca taccagtaaa acaactggta at #tggtatca    780 aaatggacac ccatgccagg tttccaagag cagactaaat attgccagtt gt #aatataca    840 cagtccatat cttgaatttt agtttcccga tttccttgtg gtgatgtcca at #aagtagtt    900 tctgcccatg aacttctaac ttctgatcca tttgtgcatt gtgctggcag aa #gtgtgttt    960 atctttgctt caataccttt gttaagatca aacccatctt tgtaatgtag at #tcttggta   1020 atgatggtct tccagttttc actatcaatg tttcggtatt ttaattcata tt #ctattgtg   1080 cattccttaa aattatccgg aaataatgga ggttgccatt gcaaagagag at #aacctaaa   1140 tatccagggt ccactatctc aaaatcctga ggaggattaa cttttatctc ag #catttgaa   1200 agcatagagc caaatgctgt gcaaacaagc agggtataga ggaatccgac at #ccaaatga   1260 atgaaagcca ttcctccaag attcaatact ttgaagtttc cactcaataa ta #tggtttct   1320 caagaaatga attatcatag gcaattatca caggtcctct tttttttctc tt #ctccagtt   1380 tggagacatt aattagaatc tctaagactt cccttcctgt ctgataatca ag #cacacaaa   1440 ctcagcctcg tgcc               #                   #                   #   1454 <210> SEQ ID NO 63 <211> LENGTH: 1158 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 63 atggctttca ttcatttgga tgtcggattc ctctataccc tgcttgtttg ca #cagcattt     60 ggctctatgc tttcaaatgc tgagataaaa gttaatcctc ctcaggattt tg #agatagtg    120 gaccctggat atttaggtta tctctctttg caatggcaac ctccattatt tc #cggataat    180 tttaaggaat gcacaataga atatgaatta aaataccgaa acattgatag tg #aaaactgg    240 aagaccatca ttaccaagaa tctacattac aaagatgggt ttgatcttaa ca #aaggtatt    300 gaagcaaaga taaacacact tctgccagca caatgcacaa atggatcaga ag #ttagaagt    360 tcatgggcag aaactactta ttggacatca ccacaaggaa atcgggaaac ta #aaattcaa    420 gatatggact gtgtatatta caactggcaa tatttagtct gctcttggaa ac #ctggcatg    480 ggtgtccatt ttgataccaa ttaccagttg ttttactggt atgagggctt gg #accattca    540 gcagagtgta ctgattacat caaggttaat ggaaaaaata tgggatgcag gt #ttccctat    600 ttggagtcat cagactataa agatttctac atctgtgtta atgggtcatc ag #aatcccag    660 cctatcagac ccagctattt tatttttcag cttcaaaata tagttaaacc ta #tgccacca    720 gactacctta gtcttactgt gaagaattca gaggaaatta acctgaaatg ga #acatgcct    780 aaaggaccca ttccagccaa atgtttcatt tatgaaattg aattcacaga gg #atggtact    840 acttgggtga ctaccacagt tgagaatgag atacaaatca caagaacatc aa #atgaaagc    900 caaaaattat gctttttggt aagaagtaaa gtgaatattt attgctcaga tg #atggaatc    960 tggagtgagt ggagtgatga acaatgctgg aaaggtgaca tatggaagga aa #ccttagta   1020 tttttcttga taccatttgc ttttgtctca atatttgttt tggtaataac tt #gcctgctt   1080 ttgtataagc aaagggcttt actgaaaacg atctttcata caaaaaaaga ag #tcttttct   1140 catcaagaca cattctgt              #                   #                   #1158 <210> SEQ ID NO 64 <211> LENGTH: 1158 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 64 acagaatgtg tcttgatgag aaaagacttc tttttttgta tgaaagatcg tt #ttcagtaa     60 agccctttgc ttatacaaaa gcaggcaagt tattaccaaa acaaatattg ag #acaaaagc    120 aaatggtatc aagaaaaata ctaaggtttc cttccatatg tcacctttcc ag #cattgttc    180 atcactccac tcactccaga ttccatcatc tgagcaataa atattcactt ta #cttcttac    240 caaaaagcat aatttttggc tttcatttga tgttcttgtg atttgtatct ca #ttctcaac    300 tgtggtagtc acccaagtag taccatcctc tgtgaattca atttcataaa tg #aaacattt    360 ggctggaatg ggtcctttag gcatgttcca tttcaggtta atttcctctg aa #ttcttcac    420 agtaagacta aggtagtctg gtggcatagg tttaactata ttttgaagct ga #aaaataaa    480 atagctgggt ctgataggct gggattctga tgacccatta acacagatgt ag #aaatcttt    540 atagtctgat gactccaaat agggaaacct gcatcccata ttttttccat ta #accttgat    600 gtaatcagta cactctgctg aatggtccaa gccctcatac cagtaaaaca ac #tggtaatt    660 ggtatcaaaa tggacaccca tgccaggttt ccaagagcag actaaatatt gc #cagttgta    720 atatacacag tccatatctt gaattttagt ttcccgattt ccttgtggtg at #gtccaata    780 agtagtttct gcccatgaac ttctaacttc tgatccattt gtgcattgtg ct #ggcagaag    840 tgtgtttatc tttgcttcaa tacctttgtt aagatcaaac ccatctttgt aa #tgtagatt    900 cttggtaatg atggtcttcc agttttcact atcaatgttt cggtatttta at #tcatattc    960 tattgtgcat tccttaaaat tatccggaaa taatggaggt tgccattgca aa #gagagata   1020 acctaaatat ccagggtcca ctatctcaaa atcctgagga ggattaactt tt #atctcagc   1080 atttgaaagc atagagccaa atgctgtgca aacaagcagg gtatagagga at #ccgacatc   1140 caaatgaatg aaagccat              #                   #                   #1158 <210> SEQ ID NO 65 <211> LENGTH: 1095 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1095) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 65 tct atg ctt tca aat gct gag ata aaa gtt aa #t cct cct cag gat ttt       48 Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Val As #n Pro Pro Gln Asp Phe 1               5    #                10   #                15 gag ata gtg gac cct gga tat tta ggt tat ct #c tct ttg caa tgg caa       96 Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Tyr Le #u Ser Leu Gln Trp Gln             20       #            25       #            30 cct cca tta ttt ccg gat aat ttt aag gaa tg #c aca ata gaa tat gaa      144 Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Glu Cy #s Thr Ile Glu Tyr Glu         35           #        40           #        45 tta aaa tac cga aac att gat agt gaa aac tg #g aag acc atc att acc      192 Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu Asn Tr #p Lys Thr Ile Ile Thr     50               #    55               #    60 aag aat cta cat tac aaa gat ggg ttt gat ct #t aac aaa ggt att gaa      240 Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe Asp Le #u Asn Lys Gly Ile Glu 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 gca aag ata aac aca ctt ctg cca gca caa tg #c aca aat gga tca gaa      288 Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gln Cy #s Thr Asn Gly Ser Glu                 85   #                90   #                95 gtt aga agt tca tgg gca gaa act act tat tg #g aca tca cca caa gga      336 Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Tyr Tr #p Thr Ser Pro Gln Gly             100       #           105       #           110 aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat atg gac tg #t gta tat tac aac tgg      384 Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met Asp Cy #s Val Tyr Tyr Asn Trp         115           #       120           #       125 caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cct ggc at #g ggt gtc cat ttt gat      432 Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gly Me #t Gly Val His Phe Asp     130               #   135               #   140 acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg tat gag gg #c ttg gac cat tca gca      480 Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Glu Gl #y Leu Asp His Ser Ala 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aat gga aa #a aat atg gga tgc agg      528 Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gly Ly #s Asn Met Gly Cys Arg                 165   #               170   #               175 ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac tat aaa ga #t ttc tac atc tgt gtt      576 Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Lys As #p Phe Tyr Ile Cys Val             180       #           185       #           190 aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct atc aga cc #c agc tat ttt att ttt      624 Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Arg Pr #o Ser Tyr Phe Ile Phe         195           #       200           #       205 cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct atg cca cc #a gac tac ctt agt ctt      672 Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pro Pr #o Asp Tyr Leu Ser Leu     210               #   215               #   220 act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aac ctg aa #a tgg aac atg cct aaa      720 Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Leu Ly #s Trp Asn Met Pro Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc att tat ga #a att gaa ttc aca gag      768 Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Tyr Gl #u Ile Glu Phe Thr Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc aca gtt ga #g aat gag ata caa atc      816 Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Val Gl #u Asn Glu Ile Gln Ile             260       #           265       #           270 aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aaa tta tg #c ttt ttg gta aga agt      864 Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Leu Cy #s Phe Leu Val Arg Ser         275           #       280           #       285 aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat gat gga at #c tgg agt gag tgg agt      912 Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gly Il #e Trp Ser Glu Trp Ser     290               #   295               #   300 gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gac ata tgg aa #g gaa acc tta gta ttt      960 Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Trp Ly #s Glu Thr Leu Val Phe 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 ttc ttg ata cca ttt gct ttt gtc tca ata tt #t gtt ttg gta ata act     1008 Phe Leu Ile Pro Phe Ala Phe Val Ser Ile Ph #e Val Leu Val Ile Thr                 325   #               330   #               335 tgc ctg ctt ttg tat aag caa agg gct tta ct #g aaa acg atc ttt cat     1056 Cys Leu Leu Leu Tyr Lys Gln Arg Ala Leu Le #u Lys Thr Ile Phe His             340       #           345       #           350 aca aaa aaa gaa gtc ttt tct cat caa gac ac #a ttc tgt               #   1095 Thr Lys Lys Glu Val Phe Ser His Gln Asp Th #r Phe Cys         355           #       360           #       365 <210> SEQ ID NO 66 <211> LENGTH: 365 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 66 Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Val As #n Pro Pro Gln Asp Phe 1               5    #                10   #                15 Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Tyr Le #u Ser Leu Gln Trp Gln             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Glu Cy #s Thr Ile Glu Tyr Glu         35           #        40           #        45 Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu Asn Tr #p Lys Thr Ile Ile Thr     50               #    55               #    60 Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe Asp Le #u Asn Lys Gly Ile Glu 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gln Cy #s Thr Asn Gly Ser Glu                 85   #                90   #                95 Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Tyr Tr #p Thr Ser Pro Gln Gly             100       #           105       #           110 Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met Asp Cy #s Val Tyr Tyr Asn Trp         115           #       120           #       125 Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gly Me #t Gly Val His Phe Asp     130               #   135               #   140 Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Glu Gl #y Leu Asp His Ser Ala 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gly Ly #s Asn Met Gly Cys Arg                 165   #               170   #               175 Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Lys As #p Phe Tyr Ile Cys Val             180       #           185       #           190 Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Arg Pr #o Ser Tyr Phe Ile Phe         195           #       200           #       205 Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pro Pr #o Asp Tyr Leu Ser Leu     210               #   215               #   220 Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Leu Ly #s Trp Asn Met Pro Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Tyr Gl #u Ile Glu Phe Thr Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Val Gl #u Asn Glu Ile Gln Ile             260       #           265       #           270 Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Leu Cy #s Phe Leu Val Arg Ser         275           #       280           #       285 Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gly Il #e Trp Ser Glu Trp Ser     290               #   295               #   300 Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Trp Ly #s Glu Thr Leu Val Phe 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Phe Leu Ile Pro Phe Ala Phe Val Ser Ile Ph #e Val Leu Val Ile Thr                 325   #               330   #               335 Cys Leu Leu Leu Tyr Lys Gln Arg Ala Leu Le #u Lys Thr Ile Phe His             340       #           345       #           350 Thr Lys Lys Glu Val Phe Ser His Gln Asp Th #r Phe Cys         355           #       360           #       365 <210> SEQ ID NO 67 <211> LENGTH: 1095 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 67 acagaatgtg tcttgatgag aaaagacttc tttttttgta tgaaagatcg tt #ttcagtaa     60 agccctttgc ttatacaaaa gcaggcaagt tattaccaaa acaaatattg ag #acaaaagc    120 aaatggtatc aagaaaaata ctaaggtttc cttccatatg tcacctttcc ag #cattgttc    180 atcactccac tcactccaga ttccatcatc tgagcaataa atattcactt ta #cttcttac    240 caaaaagcat aatttttggc tttcatttga tgttcttgtg atttgtatct ca #ttctcaac    300 tgtggtagtc acccaagtag taccatcctc tgtgaattca atttcataaa tg #aaacattt    360 ggctggaatg ggtcctttag gcatgttcca tttcaggtta atttcctctg aa #ttcttcac    420 agtaagacta aggtagtctg gtggcatagg tttaactata ttttgaagct ga #aaaataaa    480 atagctgggt ctgataggct gggattctga tgacccatta acacagatgt ag #aaatcttt    540 atagtctgat gactccaaat agggaaacct gcatcccata ttttttccat ta #accttgat    600 gtaatcagta cactctgctg aatggtccaa gccctcatac cagtaaaaca ac #tggtaatt    660 ggtatcaaaa tggacaccca tgccaggttt ccaagagcag actaaatatt gc #cagttgta    720 atatacacag tccatatctt gaattttagt ttcccgattt ccttgtggtg at #gtccaata    780 agtagtttct gcccatgaac ttctaacttc tgatccattt gtgcattgtg ct #ggcagaag    840 tgtgtttatc tttgcttcaa tacctttgtt aagatcaaac ccatctttgt aa #tgtagatt    900 cttggtaatg atggtcttcc agttttcact atcaatgttt cggtatttta at #tcatattc    960 tattgtgcat tccttaaaat tatccggaaa taatggaggt tgccattgca aa #gagagata   1020 acctaaatat ccagggtcca ctatctcaaa atcctgagga ggattaactt tt #atctcagc   1080 atttgaaagc ataga               #                   #                   #  1095 <210> SEQ ID NO 68 <211> LENGTH: 954 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(954) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 68 atg tct atg ctt tca aat gct gag ata aaa gt #t aat cct cct cag gat       48 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 ttt gag ata gtg gac cct gga tat tta ggt ta #t ctc tct ttg caa tgg       96 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 caa cct cca tta ttt ccg gat aat ttt aag ga #a tgc aca ata gaa tat      144 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 gaa tta aaa tac cga aac att gat agt gaa aa #c tgg aag acc atc att      192 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 acc aag aat cta cat tac aaa gat ggg ttt ga #t ctt aac aaa ggt att      240 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 gaa gca aag ata aac aca ctt ctg cca gca ca #a tgc aca aat gga tca      288 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 gaa gtt aga agt tca tgg gca gaa act act ta #t tgg aca tca cca caa      336 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 gga aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat atg ga #c tgt gta tat tac aac      384 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 tgg caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cct gg #c atg ggt gtc cat ttt      432 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 gat acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg tat ga #g ggc ttg gac cat tca      480 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 gca gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aat gg #a aaa aat atg gga tgc      528 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 agg ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac tat aa #a gat ttc tac atc tgt      576 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 gtt aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct atc ag #a ccc agc tat ttt att      624 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 ttt cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct atg cc #a cca gac tac ctt agt      672 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 ctt act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aac ct #g aaa tgg aac atg cct      720 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 aaa gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc att ta #t gaa att gaa ttc aca      768 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 gag gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc aca gt #t gag aat gag ata caa      816 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 atc aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aaa tt #a tgc ttt ttg gta aga      864 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 agt aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat gat gg #a atc tgg agt gag tgg      912 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 agt gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gat atc tg #g aag gaa acc              # 954 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr 305                 3 #10                 3 #15 <210> SEQ ID NO 69 <211> LENGTH: 318 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 69 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr 305                 3 #10                 3 #15 <210> SEQ ID NO 70 <211> LENGTH: 954 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 70 ggtttccttc cagatatcac ctttccagca ttgttcatca ctccactcac tc #cagattcc     60 atcatctgag caataaatat tcactttact tcttaccaaa aagcataatt tt #tggctttc    120 atttgatgtt cttgtgattt gtatctcatt ctcaactgtg gtagtcaccc aa #gtagtacc    180 atcctctgtg aattcaattt cataaatgaa acatttggct ggaatgggtc ct #ttaggcat    240 gttccatttc aggttaattt cctctgaatt cttcacagta agactaaggt ag #tctggtgg    300 cataggttta actatatttt gaagctgaaa aataaaatag ctgggtctga ta #ggctggga    360 ttctgatgac ccattaacac agatgtagaa atctttatag tctgatgact cc #aaataggg    420 aaacctgcat cccatatttt ttccattaac cttgatgtaa tcagtacact ct #gctgaatg    480 gtccaagccc tcataccagt aaaacaactg gtaattggta tcaaaatgga ca #cccatgcc    540 aggtttccaa gagcagacta aatattgcca gttgtaatat acacagtcca ta #tcttgaat    600 tttagtttcc cgatttcctt gtggtgatgt ccaataagta gtttctgccc at #gaacttct    660 aacttctgat ccatttgtgc attgtgctgg cagaagtgtg tttatctttg ct #tcaatacc    720 tttgttaaga tcaaacccat ctttgtaatg tagattcttg gtaatgatgg tc #ttccagtt    780 ttcactatca atgtttcggt attttaattc atattctatt gtgcattcct ta #aaattatc    840 cggaaataat ggaggttgcc attgcaaaga gagataacct aaatatccag gg #tccactat    900 ctcaaaatcc tgaggaggat taacttttat ctcagcattt gaaagcatag ac #at          954 <210> SEQ ID NO 71 <211> LENGTH: 1686 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1683) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 71 atg tct atg ctt tca aat gct gag ata aaa gt #t aat cct cct cag gat       48 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 ttt gag ata gtg gac cct gga tat tta ggt ta #t ctc tct ttg caa tgg       96 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 caa cct cca tta ttt ccg gat aat ttt aag ga #a tgc aca ata gaa tat      144 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 gaa tta aaa tac cga aac att gat agt gaa aa #c tgg aag acc atc att      192 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 acc aag aat cta cat tac aaa gat ggg ttt ga #t ctt aac aaa ggt att      240 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 gaa gca aag ata aac aca ctt ctg cca gca ca #a tgc aca aat gga tca      288 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 gaa gtt aga agt tca tgg gca gaa act act ta #t tgg aca tca cca caa      336 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 gga aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat atg ga #c tgt gta tat tac aac      384 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 tgg caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cct gg #c atg ggt gtc cat ttt      432 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 gat acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg tat ga #g ggc ttg gac cat tca      480 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 gca gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aat gg #a aaa aat atg gga tgc      528 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 agg ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac tat aa #a gat ttc tac atc tgt      576 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 gtt aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct atc ag #a ccc agc tat ttt att      624 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 ttt cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct atg cc #a cca gac tac ctt agt      672 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 ctt act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aac ct #g aaa tgg aac atg cct      720 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 aaa gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc att ta #t gaa att gaa ttc aca      768 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 gag gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc aca gt #t gag aat gag ata caa      816 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 atc aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aaa tt #a tgc ttt ttg gta aga      864 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 agt aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat gat gg #a atc tgg agt gag tgg      912 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 agt gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gat atc tg #g aag gaa acc gga tcc      960 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg ttc aat ga #a tgc aga tgc act gat     1008 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Phe Asn Gl #u Cys Arg Cys Thr Asp                 325   #               330   #               335 aca ccc cca tgc cca gtc cct gaa cct ctg gg #a ggg cct tcg gtc ctc     1056 Thr Pro Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Pro Leu Gl #y Gly Pro Ser Val Leu             340       #           345       #           350 atc ttt ccc ccg aaa ccc aag gac atc ctc ag #g att acc cga aca ccc     1104 Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Ile Leu Ar #g Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro         355           #       360           #       365 gag gtc acc tgt gtg gtg tta gat ctg ggc cg #t gag gac cct gag gtg     1152 Glu Val Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Leu Gly Ar #g Glu Asp Pro Glu Val     370               #   375               #   380 cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ggt aag gag gt #g cac aca gcc aag acc     1200 Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Lys Glu Va #l His Thr Ala Lys Thr 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 cag tct cgt gag cag cag ttc aac ggc acc ta #c cgt gtg gtc agc gtc     1248 Gln Ser Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Gly Thr Ty #r Arg Val Val Ser Val                 405   #               410   #               415 ctc ccc att gag cac cag gac tgg ctc aca gg #g aag gag ttc aag tgc     1296 Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Thr Gl #y Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys             420       #           425       #           430 aga gtc aac cac ata gac ctc ccg tct ccc at #c gag agg acc atc tct     1344 Arg Val Asn His Ile Asp Leu Pro Ser Pro Il #e Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser         435           #       440           #       445 aag gcc aga ggg agg gcc cat aag ccc agt gt #g tat gtc ctg ccg cca     1392 Lys Ala Arg Gly Arg Ala His Lys Pro Ser Va #l Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro     450               #   455               #   460 tcc cca aag gag ttg tca tcc agt gac aca gt #c agc atc acc tgc ctg     1440 Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Va #l Ser Ile Thr Cys Leu 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 ata aaa gac ttc tac cca cct gac att gat gt #g gag tgg cag agc aat     1488 Ile Lys Asp Phe Tyr Pro Pro Asp Ile Asp Va #l Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn                 485   #               490   #               495 gga cag cag gag ccc gag agg aag cac cgc at #g acc ccg ccc cag ctg     1536 Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Arg Lys His Arg Me #t Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu             500       #           505       #           510 gac gag gac ggg tcc tac ttc ctg tac agc aa #g ctc tct gtg gac aag     1584 Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Ly #s Leu Ser Val Asp Lys         515           #       520           #       525 agc cgc tgg cag cag gga gac ccc ttc aca tg #t gcg gtg atg cat gaa     1632 Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Pro Phe Thr Cy #s Ala Val Met His Glu     530               #   535               #   540 act cta cag aac cac tac aca gat cta tcc ct #c tcc cat tct ccg ggt     1680 Thr Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Leu Ser Le #u Ser His Ser Pro Gly 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 aaa tga                 #                   #                   #         1686 Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 72 <211> LENGTH: 561 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 72 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Phe Asn Gl #u Cys Arg Cys Thr Asp                 325   #               330   #               335 Thr Pro Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Pro Leu Gl #y Gly Pro Ser Val Leu             340       #           345       #           350 Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Ile Leu Ar #g Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro         355           #       360           #       365 Glu Val Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Leu Gly Ar #g Glu Asp Pro Glu Val     370               #   375               #   380 Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Lys Glu Va #l His Thr Ala Lys Thr 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Gln Ser Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Gly Thr Ty #r Arg Val Val Ser Val                 405   #               410   #               415 Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Thr Gl #y Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys             420       #           425       #           430 Arg Val Asn His Ile Asp Leu Pro Ser Pro Il #e Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser         435           #       440           #       445 Lys Ala Arg Gly Arg Ala His Lys Pro Ser Va #l Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro     450               #   455               #   460 Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Va #l Ser Ile Thr Cys Leu 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Ile Lys Asp Phe Tyr Pro Pro Asp Ile Asp Va #l Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn                 485   #               490   #               495 Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Arg Lys His Arg Me #t Thr Pro Pro Gln Leu             500       #           505       #           510 Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Ly #s Leu Ser Val Asp Lys         515           #       520           #       525 Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Pro Phe Thr Cy #s Ala Val Met His Glu     530               #   535               #   540 Thr Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Leu Ser Le #u Ser His Ser Pro Gly 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 73 <211> LENGTH: 1686 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 73 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggatag atctgtgtag tggttctgta ga #gtttcatg     60 catcaccgca catgtgaagg ggtctccctg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca ca #gagagctt    120 gctgtacagg aagtaggacc cgtcctcgtc cagctggggc ggggtcatgc gg #tgcttcct    180 ctcgggctcc tgctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atgtcaggtg gg #tagaagtc    240 ttttatcagg caggtgatgc tgactgtgtc actggatgac aactcctttg gg #gatggcgg    300 caggacatac acactgggct tatgggccct ccctctggcc ttagagatgg tc #ctctcgat    360 gggagacggg aggtctatgt ggttgactct gcacttgaac tccttccctg tg #agccagtc    420 ctggtgctca atggggagga cgctgaccac acggtaggtg ccgttgaact gc #tgctcacg    480 agactgggtc ttggctgtgt gcacctcctt accatccacg aaccagctga tc #tgcacctc    540 agggtcctca cggcccagat ctaacaccac acaggtgacc tcgggtgttc gg #gtaatcct    600 gaggatgtcc ttgggtttcg ggggaaagat gaggaccgaa ggccctccca ga #ggttcagg    660 gactgggcat gggggtgtat cagtgcatct gcattcattg aacactggct tg #tctacttt    720 agtgttggat ccggtttcct tccagatatc acctttccag cattgttcat ca #ctccactc    780 actccagatt ccatcatctg agcaataaat attcacttta cttcttacca aa #aagcataa    840 tttttggctt tcatttgatg ttcttgtgat ttgtatctca ttctcaactg tg #gtagtcac    900 ccaagtagta ccatcctctg tgaattcaat ttcataaatg aaacatttgg ct #ggaatggg    960 tcctttaggc atgttccatt tcaggttaat ttcctctgaa ttcttcacag ta #agactaag   1020 gtagtctggt ggcataggtt taactatatt ttgaagctga aaaataaaat ag #ctgggtct   1080 gataggctgg gattctgatg acccattaac acagatgtag aaatctttat ag #tctgatga   1140 ctccaaatag ggaaacctgc atcccatatt ttttccatta accttgatgt aa #tcagtaca   1200 ctctgctgaa tggtccaagc cctcatacca gtaaaacaac tggtaattgg ta #tcaaaatg   1260 gacacccatg ccaggtttcc aagagcagac taaatattgc cagttgtaat at #acacagtc   1320 catatcttga attttagttt cccgatttcc ttgtggtgat gtccaataag ta #gtttctgc   1380 ccatgaactt ctaacttctg atccatttgt gcattgtgct ggcagaagtg tg #tttatctt   1440 tgcttcaata cctttgttaa gatcaaaccc atctttgtaa tgtagattct tg #gtaatgat   1500 ggtcttccag ttttcactat caatgtttcg gtattttaat tcatattcta tt #gtgcattc   1560 cttaaaatta tccggaaata atggaggttg ccattgcaaa gagagataac ct #aaatatcc   1620 agggtccact atctcaaaat cctgaggagg attaactttt atctcagcat tt #gaaagcat   1680 agacat                  #                   #                   #         1686 <210> SEQ ID NO 74 <211> LENGTH: 1698 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1695) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 74 atg tct atg ctt tca aat gct gag ata aaa gt #t aat cct cct cag gat       48 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 ttt gag ata gtg gac cct gga tat tta ggt ta #t ctc tct ttg caa tgg       96 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 caa cct cca tta ttt ccg gat aat ttt aag ga #a tgc aca ata gaa tat      144 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 gaa tta aaa tac cga aac att gat agt gaa aa #c tgg aag acc atc att      192 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 acc aag aat cta cat tac aaa gat ggg ttt ga #t ctt aac aaa ggt att      240 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 gaa gca aag ata aac aca ctt ctg cca gca ca #a tgc aca aat gga tca      288 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 gaa gtt aga agt tca tgg gca gaa act act ta #t tgg aca tca cca caa      336 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 gga aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat atg ga #c tgt gta tat tac aac      384 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 tgg caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cct gg #c atg ggt gtc cat ttt      432 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 gat acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg tat ga #g ggc ttg gac cat tca      480 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 gca gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aat gg #a aaa aat atg gga tgc      528 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 agg ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac tat aa #a gat ttc tac atc tgt      576 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 gtt aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct atc ag #a ccc agc tat ttt att      624 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 ttt cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct atg cc #a cca gac tac ctt agt      672 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 ctt act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aac ct #g aaa tgg aac atg cct      720 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 aaa gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc att ta #t gaa att gaa ttc aca      768 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 gag gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc aca gt #t gag aat gag ata caa      816 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 atc aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aaa tt #a tgc ttt ttg gta aga      864 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 agt aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat gat gg #a atc tgg agt gag tgg      912 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 agt gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gat atc tg #g aag gaa acc gga tcc      960 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg ccc aaa ag #a gaa aat gga aga gtt     1008 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Ar #g Glu Asn Gly Arg Val                 325   #               330   #               335 cct cgc cca cct gat tgt ccc aaa tgc cca gc #c cct gaa atg ctg gga     1056 Pro Arg Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys Cys Pro Al #a Pro Glu Met Leu Gly             340       #           345       #           350 ggg cct tcg gtc ttc atc ttt ccc ccg aaa cc #c aag gac acc ctc ttg     1104 Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pr #o Lys Asp Thr Leu Leu         355           #       360           #       365 att gcc cga aca cct gag gtc aca tgt gtg gt #g gtg gat ctg gac cca     1152 Ile Ala Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Va #l Val Asp Leu Asp Pro     370               #   375               #   380 gaa gac cct gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gt #g gac ggt aag cag atg     1200 Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Va #l Asp Gly Lys Gln Met 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 caa aca gcc aag act cag cct cgt gag gag ca #g ttc aat ggc acc tac     1248 Gln Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Glu Gl #n Phe Asn Gly Thr Tyr                 405   #               410   #               415 cgt gtg gtc agt gtc ctc ccc att ggg cac ca #g gac tgg ctc aag ggg     1296 Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gly His Gl #n Asp Trp Leu Lys Gly             420       #           425       #           430 aag cag ttc acg tgc aaa gtc aac aac aaa gc #c ctc cca tcc ccg atc     1344 Lys Gln Phe Thr Cys Lys Val Asn Asn Lys Al #a Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile         435           #       440           #       445 gag agg acc atc tcc aag gcc aga ggg caa gc #c cat cag ccc agt gtg     1392 Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Al #a His Gln Pro Ser Val     450               #   455               #   460 tat gtc ctg ccg cca tcc cgg gag gag ttg ag #c aag aac aca gtc agc     1440 Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Glu Glu Leu Se #r Lys Asn Thr Val Ser 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 ttg aca tgc ctg atc aaa gac ttc ttc cca cc #t gac att gat gtg gag     1488 Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pr #o Asp Ile Asp Val Glu                 485   #               490   #               495 tgg cag agc aat gga cag cag gag cct gag ag #c aag tac cgc acg acc     1536 Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Se #r Lys Tyr Arg Thr Thr             500       #           505       #           510 ccg ccc cag ctg gac gag gac ggg tcc tac tt #c ctg tac agc aag ctc     1584 Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Ph #e Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu         515           #       520           #       525 tct gtg gac aag agc cgc tgg cag cgg gga ga #c acc ttc ata tgt gcg     1632 Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Arg Gly As #p Thr Phe Ile Cys Ala     530               #   535               #   540 gtg atg cat gaa gct cta cac aac cac tac ac #a cag gaa tcc ctc tcc     1680 Val Met His Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Th #r Gln Glu Ser Leu Ser 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 cat tct ccg ggt aaa tga          #                   #                   #1698 His Ser Pro Gly Lys                 565 <210> SEQ ID NO 75 <211> LENGTH: 565 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 75 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Ar #g Glu Asn Gly Arg Val                 325   #               330   #               335 Pro Arg Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Lys Cys Pro Al #a Pro Glu Met Leu Gly             340       #           345       #           350 Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pr #o Lys Asp Thr Leu Leu         355           #       360           #       365 Ile Ala Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Va #l Val Asp Leu Asp Pro     370               #   375               #   380 Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Va #l Asp Gly Lys Gln Met 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Gln Thr Ala Lys Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Glu Gl #n Phe Asn Gly Thr Tyr                 405   #               410   #               415 Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gly His Gl #n Asp Trp Leu Lys Gly             420       #           425       #           430 Lys Gln Phe Thr Cys Lys Val Asn Asn Lys Al #a Leu Pro Ser Pro Ile         435           #       440           #       445 Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Al #a His Gln Pro Ser Val     450               #   455               #   460 Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Glu Glu Leu Se #r Lys Asn Thr Val Ser 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Leu Thr Cys Leu Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pr #o Asp Ile Asp Val Glu                 485   #               490   #               495 Trp Gln Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Se #r Lys Tyr Arg Thr Thr             500       #           505       #           510 Pro Pro Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Ph #e Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu         515           #       520           #       525 Ser Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Arg Gly As #p Thr Phe Ile Cys Ala     530               #   535               #   540 Val Met His Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Th #r Gln Glu Ser Leu Ser 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 His Ser Pro Gly Lys                 565 <210> SEQ ID NO 76 <211> LENGTH: 1698 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 76 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggattc ctgtgtgtag tggttgtgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catatgaagg tgtctccccg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca ca #gagagctt    120 gctgtacagg aagtaggacc cgtcctcgtc cagctggggc ggggtcgtgc gg #tacttgct    180 ctcaggctcc tgctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atgtcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgatcagg catgtcaagc tgactgtgtt cttgctcaac tcctcccggg at #ggcggcag    300 gacatacaca ctgggctgat gggcttgccc tctggccttg gagatggtcc tc #tcgatcgg    360 ggatgggagg gctttgttgt tgactttgca cgtgaactgc ttccccttga gc #cagtcctg    420 gtgcccaatg gggaggacac tgaccacacg gtaggtgcca ttgaactgct cc #tcacgagg    480 ctgagtcttg gctgtttgca tctgcttacc gtccacgaac cagctgatct gc #acctcagg    540 gtcttctggg tccagatcca ccaccacaca tgtgacctca ggtgttcggg ca #atcaagag    600 ggtgtccttg ggtttcgggg gaaagatgaa gaccgaaggc cctcccagca tt #tcaggggc    660 tgggcatttg ggacaatcag gtgggcgagg aactcttcca ttttctcttt tg #ggcactgg    720 cttgtctact ttagtgttgg atccggtttc cttccagata tcacctttcc ag #cattgttc    780 atcactccac tcactccaga ttccatcatc tgagcaataa atattcactt ta #cttcttac    840 caaaaagcat aatttttggc tttcatttga tgttcttgtg atttgtatct ca #ttctcaac    900 tgtggtagtc acccaagtag taccatcctc tgtgaattca atttcataaa tg #aaacattt    960 ggctggaatg ggtcctttag gcatgttcca tttcaggtta atttcctctg aa #ttcttcac   1020 agtaagacta aggtagtctg gtggcatagg tttaactata ttttgaagct ga #aaaataaa   1080 atagctgggt ctgataggct gggattctga tgacccatta acacagatgt ag #aaatcttt   1140 atagtctgat gactccaaat agggaaacct gcatcccata ttttttccat ta #accttgat   1200 gtaatcagta cactctgctg aatggtccaa gccctcatac cagtaaaaca ac #tggtaatt   1260 ggtatcaaaa tggacaccca tgccaggttt ccaagagcag actaaatatt gc #cagttgta   1320 atatacacag tccatatctt gaattttagt ttcccgattt ccttgtggtg at #gtccaata   1380 agtagtttct gcccatgaac ttctaacttc tgatccattt gtgcattgtg ct #ggcagaag   1440 tgtgtttatc tttgcttcaa tacctttgtt aagatcaaac ccatctttgt aa #tgtagatt   1500 cttggtaatg atggtcttcc agttttcact atcaatgttt cggtatttta at #tcatattc   1560 tattgtgcat tccttaaaat tatccggaaa taatggaggt tgccattgca aa #gagagata   1620 acctaaatat ccagggtcca ctatctcaaa atcctgagga ggattaactt tt #atctcagc   1680 atttgaaagc atagacat              #                   #                   #1698 <210> SEQ ID NO 77 <211> LENGTH: 1692 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1689) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 77 atg tct atg ctt tca aat gct gag ata aaa gt #t aat cct cct cag gat       48 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 ttt gag ata gtg gac cct gga tat tta ggt ta #t ctc tct ttg caa tgg       96 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 caa cct cca tta ttt ccg gat aat ttt aag ga #a tgc aca ata gaa tat      144 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 gaa tta aaa tac cga aac att gat agt gaa aa #c tgg aag acc atc att      192 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 acc aag aat cta cat tac aaa gat ggg ttt ga #t ctt aac aaa ggt att      240 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 gaa gca aag ata aac aca ctt ctg cca gca ca #a tgc aca aat gga tca      288 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 gaa gtt aga agt tca tgg gca gaa act act ta #t tgg aca tca cca caa      336 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 gga aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat atg ga #c tgt gta tat tac aac      384 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 tgg caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cct gg #c atg ggt gtc cat ttt      432 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 gat acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg tat ga #g ggc ttg gac cat tca      480 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 gca gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aat gg #a aaa aat atg gga tgc      528 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 agg ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac tat aa #a gat ttc tac atc tgt      576 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 gtt aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct atc ag #a ccc agc tat ttt att      624 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 ttt cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct atg cc #a cca gac tac ctt agt      672 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 ctt act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aac ct #g aaa tgg aac atg cct      720 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 aaa gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc att ta #t gaa att gaa ttc aca      768 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 gag gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc aca gt #t gag aat gag ata caa      816 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 atc aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aaa tt #a tgc ttt ttg gta aga      864 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 agt aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat gat gg #a atc tgg agt gag tgg      912 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 agt gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gat atc tg #g aag gaa acc gga tcc      960 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg gcc aaa ga #a tgc gag tgc aag tgt     1008 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Ala Lys Gl #u Cys Glu Cys Lys Cys                 325   #               330   #               335 aac tgt aac aac tgc cca tgc cca ggt tgt gg #c ctg ctg gga ggg cct     1056 Asn Cys Asn Asn Cys Pro Cys Pro Gly Cys Gl #y Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro             340       #           345       #           350 tcg gtc ttc atc ttt ccc cca aaa ccc aag ga #c atc ctc gtg act gcc     1104 Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys As #p Ile Leu Val Thr Ala         355           #       360           #       365 cgg aca ccc aca gtc act tgt gtg gtg gtg ga #t ctg gac cca gaa aac     1152 Arg Thr Pro Thr Val Thr Cys Val Val Val As #p Leu Asp Pro Glu Asn     370               #   375               #   380 cct gag gtg cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ag #t aag cag gtg caa aca     1200 Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Se #r Lys Gln Val Gln Thr 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 gcc aac acg cag cct cgt gag gag cag tcc aa #t ggc acc tac cgt gtg     1248 Ala Asn Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln Ser As #n Gly Thr Tyr Arg Val                 405   #               410   #               415 gtc agt gtc ctc ccc att ggg cac cag gac tg #g ctt tca ggg aag cag     1296 Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gly His Gln Asp Tr #p Leu Ser Gly Lys Gln             420       #           425       #           430 ttc aag tgc aaa gtc aac aac aaa gcc ctc cc #a tcc ccc att gag gag     1344 Phe Lys Cys Lys Val Asn Asn Lys Ala Leu Pr #o Ser Pro Ile Glu Glu         435           #       440           #       445 atc atc tcc aag acc cca ggg cag gcc cat ca #g cct aat gtg tat gtc     1392 Ile Ile Ser Lys Thr Pro Gly Gln Ala His Gl #n Pro Asn Val Tyr Val     450               #   455               #   460 ctg ccg cca tcg cgg gat gag atg agc aag aa #t acg gtc acc ctg acc     1440 Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Asp Glu Met Ser Lys As #n Thr Val Thr Leu Thr 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 tgt ctg gtc aaa gac ttc ttc cca cct gag at #t gat gtg gag tgg cag     1488 Cys Leu Val Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Il #e Asp Val Glu Trp Gln                 485   #               490   #               495 agc aat gga cag cag gag cct gag agc aag ta #c cgc atg acc ccg ccc     1536 Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Ty #r Arg Met Thr Pro Pro             500       #           505       #           510 cag ctg gat gaa gat ggg tcc tac ttc cta ta #c agc aag ctc tcc gtg     1584 Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Ty #r Ser Lys Leu Ser Val         515           #       520           #       525 gac aag agc cgc tgg cag cgg gga gac acc tt #c ata tgt gcg gtg atg     1632 Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Arg Gly Asp Thr Ph #e Ile Cys Ala Val Met     530               #   535               #   540 cat gaa gct cta cac aac cac tac aca cag at #a tcc ctc tcc cat tct     1680 His Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr Gln Il #e Ser Leu Ser His Ser 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 ccg ggt aaa tga             #                   #                   #     1692 Pro Gly Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 78 <211> LENGTH: 563 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 78 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Ala Lys Gl #u Cys Glu Cys Lys Cys                 325   #               330   #               335 Asn Cys Asn Asn Cys Pro Cys Pro Gly Cys Gl #y Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro             340       #           345       #           350 Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys As #p Ile Leu Val Thr Ala         355           #       360           #       365 Arg Thr Pro Thr Val Thr Cys Val Val Val As #p Leu Asp Pro Glu Asn     370               #   375               #   380 Pro Glu Val Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Se #r Lys Gln Val Gln Thr 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Ala Asn Thr Gln Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln Ser As #n Gly Thr Tyr Arg Val                 405   #               410   #               415 Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ile Gly His Gln Asp Tr #p Leu Ser Gly Lys Gln             420       #           425       #           430 Phe Lys Cys Lys Val Asn Asn Lys Ala Leu Pr #o Ser Pro Ile Glu Glu         435           #       440           #       445 Ile Ile Ser Lys Thr Pro Gly Gln Ala His Gl #n Pro Asn Val Tyr Val     450               #   455               #   460 Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Asp Glu Met Ser Lys As #n Thr Val Thr Leu Thr 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Cys Leu Val Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Il #e Asp Val Glu Trp Gln                 485   #               490   #               495 Ser Asn Gly Gln Gln Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Ty #r Arg Met Thr Pro Pro             500       #           505       #           510 Gln Leu Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Ty #r Ser Lys Leu Ser Val         515           #       520           #       525 Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Arg Gly Asp Thr Ph #e Ile Cys Ala Val Met     530               #   535               #   540 His Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr Gln Il #e Ser Leu Ser His Ser 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 Pro Gly Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 79 <211> LENGTH: 1692 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 79 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggatat ctgtgtgtag tggttgtgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catatgaagg tgtctccccg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca cg #gagagctt    120 gctgtatagg aagtaggacc catcttcatc cagctggggc ggggtcatgc gg #tacttgct    180 ctcaggctcc tgctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atctcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgaccaga caggtcaggg tgaccgtatt cttgctcatc tcatcccgcg at #ggcggcag    300 gacatacaca ttaggctgat gggcctgccc tggggtcttg gagatgatct cc #tcaatggg    360 ggatgggagg gctttgttgt tgactttgca cttgaactgc ttccctgaaa gc #cagtcctg    420 gtgcccaatg gggaggacac tgaccacacg gtaggtgcca ttggactgct cc #tcacgagg    480 ctgcgtgttg gctgtttgca cctgcttact atccacgaac cagctgatct gc #acctcagg    540 gttttctggg tccagatcca ccaccacaca agtgactgtg ggtgtccggg ca #gtcacgag    600 gatgtccttg ggttttgggg gaaagatgaa gaccgaaggc cctcccagca gg #ccacaacc    660 tgggcatggg cagttgttac agttacactt gcactcgcat tctttggcca ct #ggcttgtc    720 tactttagtg ttggatccgg tttccttcca gatatcacct ttccagcatt gt #tcatcact    780 ccactcactc cagattccat catctgagca ataaatattc actttacttc tt #accaaaaa    840 gcataatttt tggctttcat ttgatgttct tgtgatttgt atctcattct ca #actgtggt    900 agtcacccaa gtagtaccat cctctgtgaa ttcaatttca taaatgaaac at #ttggctgg    960 aatgggtcct ttaggcatgt tccatttcag gttaatttcc tctgaattct tc #acagtaag   1020 actaaggtag tctggtggca taggtttaac tatattttga agctgaaaaa ta #aaatagct   1080 gggtctgata ggctgggatt ctgatgaccc attaacacag atgtagaaat ct #ttatagtc   1140 tgatgactcc aaatagggaa acctgcatcc catatttttt ccattaacct tg #atgtaatc   1200 agtacactct gctgaatggt ccaagccctc ataccagtaa aacaactggt aa #ttggtatc   1260 aaaatggaca cccatgccag gtttccaaga gcagactaaa tattgccagt tg #taatatac   1320 acagtccata tcttgaattt tagtttcccg atttccttgt ggtgatgtcc aa #taagtagt   1380 ttctgcccat gaacttctaa cttctgatcc atttgtgcat tgtgctggca ga #agtgtgtt   1440 tatctttgct tcaatacctt tgttaagatc aaacccatct ttgtaatgta ga #ttcttggt   1500 aatgatggtc ttccagtttt cactatcaat gtttcggtat tttaattcat at #tctattgt   1560 gcattcctta aaattatccg gaaataatgg aggttgccat tgcaaagaga ga #taacctaa   1620 atatccaggg tccactatct caaaatcctg aggaggatta acttttatct ca #gcatttga   1680 aagcatagac at               #                   #                   #     1692 <210> SEQ ID NO 80 <211> LENGTH: 1686 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)..(1683) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: <400> SEQUENCE: 80 atg tct atg ctt tca aat gct gag ata aaa gt #t aat cct cct cag gat       48 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 ttt gag ata gtg gac cct gga tat tta ggt ta #t ctc tct ttg caa tgg       96 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 caa cct cca tta ttt ccg gat aat ttt aag ga #a tgc aca ata gaa tat      144 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 gaa tta aaa tac cga aac att gat agt gaa aa #c tgg aag acc atc att      192 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 acc aag aat cta cat tac aaa gat ggg ttt ga #t ctt aac aaa ggt att      240 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 gaa gca aag ata aac aca ctt ctg cca gca ca #a tgc aca aat gga tca      288 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 gaa gtt aga agt tca tgg gca gaa act act ta #t tgg aca tca cca caa      336 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 gga aat cgg gaa act aaa att caa gat atg ga #c tgt gta tat tac aac      384 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 tgg caa tat tta gtc tgc tct tgg aaa cct gg #c atg ggt gtc cat ttt      432 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 gat acc aat tac cag ttg ttt tac tgg tat ga #g ggc ttg gac cat tca      480 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 gca gag tgt act gat tac atc aag gtt aat gg #a aaa aat atg gga tgc      528 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 agg ttt ccc tat ttg gag tca tca gac tat aa #a gat ttc tac atc tgt      576 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 gtt aat ggg tca tca gaa tcc cag cct atc ag #a ccc agc tat ttt att      624 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 ttt cag ctt caa aat ata gtt aaa cct atg cc #a cca gac tac ctt agt      672 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 ctt act gtg aag aat tca gag gaa att aac ct #g aaa tgg aac atg cct      720 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 aaa gga ccc att cca gcc aaa tgt ttc att ta #t gaa att gaa ttc aca      768 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 gag gat ggt act act tgg gtg act acc aca gt #t gag aat gag ata caa      816 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 atc aca aga aca tca aat gaa agc caa aaa tt #a tgc ttt ttg gta aga      864 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 agt aaa gtg aat att tat tgc tca gat gat gg #a atc tgg agt gag tgg      912 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 agt gat gaa caa tgc tgg aaa ggt gat atc tg #g aag gaa acc gga tcc      960 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 aac act aaa gta gac aag cca gtg ccc aaa ga #g tcc acc tgc aag tgt     1008 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Gl #u Ser Thr Cys Lys Cys                 325   #               330   #               335 ata tcc cca tgc cca gtc cct gaa tca ctg gg #a ggg cct tcg gtc ttc     1056 Ile Ser Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Ser Leu Gl #y Gly Pro Ser Val Phe             340       #           345       #           350 atc ttt ccc ccg aaa ccc aag gac atc ctc ag #g att acc cga aca ccc     1104 Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Ile Leu Ar #g Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro         355           #       360           #       365 gag atc acc tgt gtg gtg tta gat ctg ggc cg #t gag gac cct gag gtg     1152 Glu Ile Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Leu Gly Ar #g Glu Asp Pro Glu Val     370               #   375               #   380 cag atc agc tgg ttc gtg gat ggt aag gag gt #g cac aca gcc aag acg     1200 Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Lys Glu Va #l His Thr Ala Lys Thr 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 cag cct cgt gag cag cag ttc aac agc acc ta #c cgt gtg gtc agc gtc     1248 Gln Pro Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Ser Thr Ty #r Arg Val Val Ser Val                 405   #               410   #               415 ctc ccc att gag cac cag gac tgg ctc acc gg #a aag gag ttc aag tgc     1296 Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Thr Gl #y Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys             420       #           425       #           430 aga gtc aac cac ata ggc ctc ccg tcc ccc at #c gag agg act atc tcc     1344 Arg Val Asn His Ile Gly Leu Pro Ser Pro Il #e Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser         435           #       440           #       445 aaa gcc aga ggg caa gcc cat cag ccc agt gt #g tat gtc ctg cca cca     1392 Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pro Ser Va #l Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro     450               #   455               #   460 tcc cca aag gag ttg tca tcc agt gac acg gt #c acc ctg acc tgc ctg     1440 Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Va #l Thr Leu Thr Cys Leu 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 atc aaa gac ttc ttc cca cct gag att gat gt #g gag tgg cag agc aat     1488 Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Ile Asp Va #l Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn                 485   #               490   #               495 gga cag ccg gag ccc gag agc aag tac cac ac #g act gcg ccc cag ctg     1536 Gly Gln Pro Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr His Th #r Thr Ala Pro Gln Leu             500       #           505       #           510 gac gag gac ggg tcc tac ttc ctg tac agc aa #g ctc tct gtg gac aag     1584 Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Ly #s Leu Ser Val Asp Lys         515           #       520           #       525 agc cgc tgg cag cag gga gac acc ttc aca tg #t gcg gtg atg cat gaa     1632 Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Thr Phe Thr Cy #s Ala Val Met His Glu     530               #   535               #   540 gct cta cag aac cac tac aca gat cta tcc ct #c tcc cat tct ccg ggt     1680 Ala Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Leu Ser Le #u Ser His Ser Pro Gly 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 aaa tga                 #                   #                   #         1686 Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 81 <211> LENGTH: 561 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 81 Met Ser Met Leu Ser Asn Ala Glu Ile Lys Va #l Asn Pro Pro Gln Asp 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Glu Ile Val Asp Pro Gly Tyr Leu Gly Ty #r Leu Ser Leu Gln Trp             20       #            25       #            30 Gln Pro Pro Leu Phe Pro Asp Asn Phe Lys Gl #u Cys Thr Ile Glu Tyr         35           #        40           #        45 Glu Leu Lys Tyr Arg Asn Ile Asp Ser Glu As #n Trp Lys Thr Ile Ile     50               #    55               #    60 Thr Lys Asn Leu His Tyr Lys Asp Gly Phe As #p Leu Asn Lys Gly Ile 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Glu Ala Lys Ile Asn Thr Leu Leu Pro Ala Gl #n Cys Thr Asn Gly Ser                 85   #                90   #                95 Glu Val Arg Ser Ser Trp Ala Glu Thr Thr Ty #r Trp Thr Ser Pro Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Gly Asn Arg Glu Thr Lys Ile Gln Asp Met As #p Cys Val Tyr Tyr Asn         115           #       120           #       125 Trp Gln Tyr Leu Val Cys Ser Trp Lys Pro Gl #y Met Gly Val His Phe     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Thr Asn Tyr Gln Leu Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Gl #u Gly Leu Asp His Ser 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Glu Cys Thr Asp Tyr Ile Lys Val Asn Gl #y Lys Asn Met Gly Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 Arg Phe Pro Tyr Leu Glu Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ly #s Asp Phe Tyr Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Val Asn Gly Ser Ser Glu Ser Gln Pro Ile Ar #g Pro Ser Tyr Phe Ile         195           #       200           #       205 Phe Gln Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Lys Pro Met Pr #o Pro Asp Tyr Leu Ser     210               #   215               #   220 Leu Thr Val Lys Asn Ser Glu Glu Ile Asn Le #u Lys Trp Asn Met Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Lys Gly Pro Ile Pro Ala Lys Cys Phe Ile Ty #r Glu Ile Glu Phe Thr                 245   #               250   #               255 Glu Asp Gly Thr Thr Trp Val Thr Thr Thr Va #l Glu Asn Glu Ile Gln             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Thr Arg Thr Ser Asn Glu Ser Gln Lys Le #u Cys Phe Leu Val Arg         275           #       280           #       285 Ser Lys Val Asn Ile Tyr Cys Ser Asp Asp Gl #y Ile Trp Ser Glu Trp     290               #   295               #   300 Ser Asp Glu Gln Cys Trp Lys Gly Asp Ile Tr #p Lys Glu Thr Gly Ser 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Pro Val Pro Lys Gl #u Ser Thr Cys Lys Cys                 325   #               330   #               335 Ile Ser Pro Cys Pro Val Pro Glu Ser Leu Gl #y Gly Pro Ser Val Phe             340       #           345       #           350 Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Ile Leu Ar #g Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro         355           #       360           #       365 Glu Ile Thr Cys Val Val Leu Asp Leu Gly Ar #g Glu Asp Pro Glu Val     370               #   375               #   380 Gln Ile Ser Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Lys Glu Va #l His Thr Ala Lys Thr 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Gln Pro Arg Glu Gln Gln Phe Asn Ser Thr Ty #r Arg Val Val Ser Val                 405   #               410   #               415 Leu Pro Ile Glu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Thr Gl #y Lys Glu Phe Lys Cys             420       #           425       #           430 Arg Val Asn His Ile Gly Leu Pro Ser Pro Il #e Glu Arg Thr Ile Ser         435           #       440           #       445 Lys Ala Arg Gly Gln Ala His Gln Pro Ser Va #l Tyr Val Leu Pro Pro     450               #   455               #   460 Ser Pro Lys Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser Asp Thr Va #l Thr Leu Thr Cys Leu 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Ile Lys Asp Phe Phe Pro Pro Glu Ile Asp Va #l Glu Trp Gln Ser Asn                 485   #               490   #               495 Gly Gln Pro Glu Pro Glu Ser Lys Tyr His Th #r Thr Ala Pro Gln Leu             500       #           505       #           510 Asp Glu Asp Gly Ser Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Ser Ly #s Leu Ser Val Asp Lys         515           #       520           #       525 Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asp Thr Phe Thr Cy #s Ala Val Met His Glu     530               #   535               #   540 Ala Leu Gln Asn His Tyr Thr Asp Leu Ser Le #u Ser His Ser Pro Gly 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 82 <211> LENGTH: 1686 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 82 tcatttaccc ggagaatggg agagggatag atctgtgtag tggttctgta ga #gcttcatg     60 catcaccgca catgtgaagg tgtctccctg ctgccagcgg ctcttgtcca ca #gagagctt    120 gctgtacagg aagtaggacc cgtcctcgtc cagctggggc gcagtcgtgt gg #tacttgct    180 ctcgggctcc ggctgtccat tgctctgcca ctccacatca atctcaggtg gg #aagaagtc    240 tttgatcagg caggtcaggg tgaccgtgtc actggatgac aactcctttg gg #gatggtgg    300 caggacatac acactgggct gatgggcttg ccctctggct ttggagatag tc #ctctcgat    360 gggggacggg aggcctatgt ggttgactct gcacttgaac tcctttccgg tg #agccagtc    420 ctggtgctca atggggagga cgctgaccac acggtaggtg ctgttgaact gc #tgctcacg    480 aggctgcgtc ttggctgtgt gcacctcctt accatccacg aaccagctga tc #tgcacctc    540 agggtcctca cggcccagat ctaacaccac acaggtgatc tcgggtgttc gg #gtaatcct    600 gaggatgtcc ttgggtttcg ggggaaagat gaagaccgaa ggccctccca gt #gattcagg    660 gactgggcat ggggatatac acttgcaggt ggactctttg ggcactggct tg #tctacttt    720 agtgttggat ccggtttcct tccagatatc acctttccag cattgttcat ca #ctccactc    780 actccagatt ccatcatctg agcaataaat attcacttta cttcttacca aa #aagcataa    840 tttttggctt tcatttgatg ttcttgtgat ttgtatctca ttctcaactg tg #gtagtcac    900 ccaagtagta ccatcctctg tgaattcaat ttcataaatg aaacatttgg ct #ggaatggg    960 tcctttaggc atgttccatt tcaggttaat ttcctctgaa ttcttcacag ta #agactaag   1020 gtagtctggt ggcataggtt taactatatt ttgaagctga aaaataaaat ag #ctgggtct   1080 gataggctgg gattctgatg acccattaac acagatgtag aaatctttat ag #tctgatga   1140 ctccaaatag ggaaacctgc atcccatatt ttttccatta accttgatgt aa #tcagtaca   1200 ctctgctgaa tggtccaagc cctcatacca gtaaaacaac tggtaattgg ta #tcaaaatg   1260 gacacccatg ccaggtttcc aagagcagac taaatattgc cagttgtaat at #acacagtc   1320 catatcttga attttagttt cccgatttcc ttgtggtgat gtccaataag ta #gtttctgc   1380 ccatgaactt ctaacttctg atccatttgt gcattgtgct ggcagaagtg tg #tttatctt   1440 tgcttcaata cctttgttaa gatcaaaccc atctttgtaa tgtagattct tg #gtaatgat   1500 ggtcttccag ttttcactat caatgtttcg gtattttaat tcatattcta tt #gtgcattc   1560 cttaaaatta tccggaaata atggaggttg ccattgcaaa gagagataac ct #aaatatcc   1620 agggtccact atctcaaaat cctgaggagg attaactttt atctcagcat tt #gaaagcat   1680 agacat                  #                   #                   #         1686 <210> SEQ ID NO 83 <211> LENGTH: 29 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (9)..(9) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 9, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (18)..(18) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 18, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (21)..(21) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 21, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (27)..(27) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 27, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 83 athtggacnt ggaayccncc ngarggngc          #                   #            29 <210> SEQ ID NO 84 <211> LENGTH: 35 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (6)..(6) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 6, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (9)..(9) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 9, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (21)..(21) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 21, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (33)..(33) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 33, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 84 atyttnccng crttrtcytt naccatdaty tgnac        #                   #       35 <210> SEQ ID NO 85 <211> LENGTH: 35 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (12)..(12) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 12, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (18)..(18) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 18, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (21)..(21) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 21, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 85 garathaarg tnaayccncc ncargaytty garat        #                   #       35 <210> SEQ ID NO 86 <211> LENGTH: 36 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (12)..(12) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 12, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (22)..(22) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 22, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (31)..(31) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 31, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 86 tayaargayg gnttctgayy tnaayaargg nathga       #                   #       36 <210> SEQ ID NO 87 <211> LENGTH: 45 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (7)..(7) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 7, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (16)..(16) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 16, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (25)..(25) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 25, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (40)..(40) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 40, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 87 ccaytcnswc cadatnccrt crtcngcrca rtadatrttn acytt    #                   #45 <210> SEQ ID NO 88 <211> LENGTH: 23 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (9)..(9) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 9, n = # unknown <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (12)..(12) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: At nucleotide 12, n = # unknown <400> SEQUENCE: 88 gcrtgrtcna rnccytcrta cca            #                   #                23 <210> SEQ ID NO 89 <211> LENGTH: 53 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 89 agcggatccc tctatgcttt caaatgctga gataaaagtt aatcctcctc ag #g            53 <210> SEQ ID NO 90 <211> LENGTH: 25 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 90 tggacatcac cacaaggaaa tcggg           #                   #               25 <210> SEQ ID NO 91 <211> LENGTH: 51 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 91 gcacatatgt ctatgctttc aaatgctgaa taaaagttaa tcctcctcag g  #             51 <210> SEQ ID NO 92 <211> LENGTH: 36 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 92 aaaggatccg gtttccttcc agatatcatt tccagc       #                   #       36 <210> SEQ ID NO 93 <211> LENGTH: 31 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 93 ccgggatcca acactaaagt agacaagcgt g         #                   #          31 <210> SEQ ID NO 94 <211> LENGTH: 33 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 94 gcgctcgagt catttacccg gagaatggga ggg        #                   #         33 <210> SEQ ID NO 95 <211> LENGTH: 1525 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 95 gaattcggca cgagggagag gaggagggaa agatagaaag agagagagaa ag #attgcttg     60 ctacccctga acagtgacct ctctcaagac agtgctttgc tcttcacgta ta #aggaagga    120 aaacagtaga gattcaattt agtgtctaat gtggaaagga ggacaaagag gt #cttgtgat    180 aactgcctgt gataatacat ttcttgagaa accatattat tgagtagagc tt #tcagcaca    240 ctaaatcctg gagaaatggc ttttgtgcat atcagatgct tgtgtttcat tc #ttctttgt    300 acaataactg gctattcttt ggagataaaa gttaatcctc ctcaggattt tg #aaatattg    360 gatcctggat tacttggtta tctctatttg caatggaaac ctcctgtggt ta #tagaaaaa    420 tttaagggct gtacactaga atatgagtta aaataccgaa atgttgatag cg #acagctgg    480 aagactataa ttactaggaa tctaatttac aaggatgggt ttgatcttaa ta #aaggcatt    540 gaaggaaaga tacgtacgca tttgtcagag cattgtacaa atggatcaga ag #tacaaagt    600 ccatggatag aagcttctta tgggatatca gatgaaggaa gtttggaaac ta #aaattcag    660 gacatgaagt gtatatatta taactggcag tatttggtct gctcttggaa ac #ctggcaag    720 acagtatatt ctgataccaa ctataccatg tttttctggt atgagggctt gg #atcatgcc    780 ttacagtgtg ctgattacct ccagcatgat gaaaaaaatg ttggatgcaa ac #tgtccaac    840 ttggactcat cagactataa agattttttt atctgtgtta atggatcttc aa #agttggaa    900 cccatcagat ccagctatac agtttttcaa cttcaaaata tagttaaacc at #tgccacca    960 gaattccttc atattagtgt ggagaattcc attgatatta gaatgaaatg ga #gcacacct   1020 ggaggaccca ttccaccaag gtgttacact tatgaaattg tgatccgaga ag #acgatatt   1080 tcctgggagt ctgccacaga caaaaacgat atgaagttga agaggagagc aa #atgaaagt   1140 gaagacctat gcttttttgt aagatgtaag gtcaatatat attgtgcaga tg #atggaatt   1200 tggagcgaat ggagtgaaga ggaatgttgg gaaggttaca cagggccaga ct #caaagatt   1260 attttcatag taccagtttg tcttttcttt atattccttt tgttacttct tt #gccttatt   1320 gtggagaagg aagaacctga acccacattg agcctccatg tggatctgaa ca #aagaagtg   1380 tgtgcttatg aagataccct ctgttaaacc accaatttct tgacatagag cc #agccagca   1440 ggagtcatat taaactcaat ttctcttaaa atttcgaata catcttcttg aa #aatccaaa   1500 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaac tcgag           #                   #             1525 <210> SEQ ID NO 96 <211> LENGTH: 1369 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 96 ggatccgcgc ggatgaaggc tatttgaagt cgccataacc tggtcagaag tg #tgcctgtc     60 ggcggggaga gaggcaatat caaggtttta aatctcggag aaatggcttt cg #tttgcttg    120 gctatcggat gcttatatac ctttctgata agcacaacat ttggctgtac tt #catcttca    180 gacaccgaga taaaagttaa ccctcctcag gattttgaga tagtggatcc cg #gatactta    240 ggttatctct atttgcaatg gcaaccccca ctgtctctgg atcattttaa gg #aatgcaca    300 gtggaatatg aactaaaata ccgaaacatt ggtagtgaaa catggaagac ca #tcattact    360 aagaatctac attacaaaga tgggtttgat cttaacaagg gcattgaagc ga #agatacac    420 acgcttttac catggcaatg cacaaatgga tcagaagttc aaagttcctg gg #cagaaact    480 acttattgga tatcaccaca aggaattcca gaaactaaag ttcaggatat gg #attgcgta    540 tattacaatt ggcaatattt actctgttct tggaaacctg gcataggtgt ac #ttcttgat    600 accaattaca acttgtttta ctggtatgag ggcttggatc atgcattaca gt #gtgttgat    660 tacatcaagg ctgatggaca aaatatagga tgcagatttc cctatttgga gg #catcagac    720 tataaagatt tctatatttg tgttaatgga tcatcagaga acaagcctat ca #gatccagt    780 tatttcactt ttcagcttca aaatatagtt aaacctttgc cgccagtcta tc #ttactttt    840 actcgggaga gttcatgtga aattaagctg aaatggagca tacctttggg ac #ctattcca    900 gcaaggtgtt ttgattatga aattgagatc agagaagatg atactacctt gg #tgactgct    960 acagttgaaa atgaaacata caccttgaaa acaacaaatg aaacccgaca at #tatgcttt   1020 gtagtaagaa gcaaagtgaa tatttattgc tcagatgacg gaatttggag tg #agtggagt   1080 gataaacaat gctgggaagg tgaagaccta tcgaagaaaa ctttgctacg tt #tctggcta   1140 ccatttggtt tcatcttaat attagttata tttgtaaccg gtctgctttt gc #gtaagcca   1200 aacacctacc caaaaatgat tccagaattt ttctgtgata catgaagact tt #ccatatca   1260 agagacatgg tattgactca acagtttcca gtcatggcca aatgttcaat at #gagtctca   1320 ataaactgaa tttttcttgc gaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaatc cgcggatcc   #             1369 <210> SEQ ID NO 97 <211> LENGTH: 1525 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 97 ctcgagtttt tttttttttt ttttttttgg attttcaaga agatgtattc ga #aattttaa     60 gagaaattga gtttaatatg actcctgctg gctggctcta tgtcaagaaa tt #ggtggttt    120 aacagagggt atcttcataa gcacacactt ctttgttcag atccacatgg ag #gctcaatg    180 tgggttcagg ttcttccttc tccacaataa ggcaaagaag taacaaaagg aa #tataaaga    240 aaagacaaac tggtactatg aaaataatct ttgagtctgg ccctgtgtaa cc #ttcccaac    300 attcctcttc actccattcg ctccaaattc catcatctgc acaatatata tt #gaccttac    360 atcttacaaa aaagcatagg tcttcacttt catttgctct cctcttcaac tt #catatcgt    420 ttttgtctgt ggcagactcc caggaaatat cgtcttctcg gatcacaatt tc #ataagtgt    480 aacaccttgg tggaatgggt cctccaggtg tgctccattt cattctaata tc #aatggaat    540 tctccacact aatatgaagg aattctggtg gcaatggttt aactatattt tg #aagttgaa    600 aaactgtata gctggatctg atgggttcca actttgaaga tccattaaca ca #gataaaaa    660 aatctttata gtctgatgag tccaagttgg acagtttgca tccaacattt tt #ttcatcat    720 gctggaggta atcagcacac tgtaaggcat gatccaagcc ctcataccag aa #aaacatgg    780 tatagttggt atcagaatat actgtcttgc caggtttcca agagcagacc aa #atactgcc    840 agttataata tatacacttc atgtcctgaa ttttagtttc caaacttcct tc #atctgata    900 tcccataaga agcttctatc catggacttt gtacttctga tccatttgta ca #atgctctg    960 acaaatgcgt acgtatcttt ccttcaatgc ctttattaag atcaaaccca tc #cttgtaaa   1020 ttagattcct agtaattata gtcttccagc tgtcgctatc aacatttcgg ta #ttttaact   1080 catattctag tgtacagccc ttaaattttt ctataaccac aggaggtttc ca #ttgcaaat   1140 agagataacc aagtaatcca ggatccaata tttcaaaatc ctgaggagga tt #aactttta   1200 tctccaaaga atagccagtt attgtacaaa gaagaatgaa acacaagcat ct #gatatgca   1260 caaaagccat ttctccagga tttagtgtgc tgaaagctct actcaataat at #ggtttctc   1320 aagaaatgta ttatcacagg cagttatcac aagacctctt tgtcctcctt tc #cacattag   1380 acactaaatt gaatctctac tgttttcctt ccttatacgt gaagagcaaa gc #actgtctt   1440 gagagaggtc actgttcagg ggtagcaagc aatctttctc tctctctttc ta #tctttccc   1500 tcctcctctc cctcgtgccg aattc           #                   #             1525 <210> SEQ ID NO 98 <211> LENGTH: 1369 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Canis familiaris <400> SEQUENCE: 98 ggatccgcgg attttttttt ttttttttcg caagaaaaat tcagtttatt ga #gactcata     60 ttgaacattt ggccatgact ggaaactgtt gagtcaatac catgtctctt ga #tatggaaa    120 gtcttcatgt atcacagaaa aattctggaa tcatttttgg gtaggtgttt gg #cttacgca    180 aaagcagacc ggttacaaat ataactaata ttaagatgaa accaaatggt ag #ccagaaac    240 gtagcaaagt tttcttcgat aggtcttcac cttcccagca ttgtttatca ct #ccactcac    300 tccaaattcc gtcatctgag caataaatat tcactttgct tcttactaca aa #gcataatt    360 gtcgggtttc atttgttgtt ttcaaggtgt atgtttcatt ttcaactgta gc #agtcacca    420 aggtagtatc atcttctctg atctcaattt cataatcaaa acaccttgct gg #aataggtc    480 ccaaaggtat gctccatttc agcttaattt cacatgaact ctcccgagta aa #agtaagat    540 agactggcgg caaaggttta actatatttt gaagctgaaa agtgaaataa ct #ggatctga    600 taggcttgtt ctctgatgat ccattaacac aaatatagaa atctttatag tc #tgatgcct    660 ccaaataggg aaatctgcat cctatatttt gtccatcagc cttgatgtaa tc #aacacact    720 gtaatgcatg atccaagccc tcataccagt aaaacaagtt gtaattggta tc #aagaagta    780 cacctatgcc aggtttccaa gaacagagta aatattgcca attgtaatat ac #gcaatcca    840 tatcctgaac tttagtttct ggaattcctt gtggtgatat ccaataagta gt #ttctgccc    900 aggaactttg aacttctgat ccatttgtgc attgccatgg taaaagcgtg tg #tatcttcg    960 cttcaatgcc cttgttaaga tcaaacccat ctttgtaatg tagattctta gt #aatgatgg   1020 tcttccatgt ttcactacca atgtttcggt attttagttc atattccact gt #gcattcct   1080 taaaatgatc cagagacagt gggggttgcc attgcaaata gagataacct aa #gtatccgg   1140 gatccactat ctcaaaatcc tgaggagggt taacttttat ctcggtgtct ga #agatgaag   1200 tacagccaaa tgttgtgctt atcagaaagg tatataagca tccgatagcc aa #gcaaacga   1260 aagccatttc tccgagattt aaaaccttga tattgcctct ctccccgccg ac #aggcacac   1320 ttctgaccag gttatggcga cttcaaatag ccttcatccg cgcggatcc   #             1369 <210> SEQ ID NO 99 <211> LENGTH: 27 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 99 ctctactatt ggcacagcag cctggga           #                   #             27 <210> SEQ ID NO 100 <211> LENGTH: 27 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 100 agtcagagca aaggaacaac caatgtg           #                   #             27 <210> SEQ ID NO 101 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 101 cctcccgagg gagccagccc g            #                   #                   #21 <210> SEQ ID NO 102 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 102 cgggctggct ccctcgggag g            #                   #                   #21 <210> SEQ ID NO 103 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 103 catggtcccc ggcgttcttc c            #                   #                   #21 <210> SEQ ID NO 104 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetic Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 104 ggtgagaata ccgaccccac g            #                   #                   #21 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule having an at least 50 contiguous nucleotide region identical in sequence to an at least 50 contiguous nucleotide region from SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 or SEQ ID NO:70; (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising region a nucleic acid sequence at least 95% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO 63, SEQ ID NO:65, or SEQ ID NO:68 or, wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule encodes a protein that binds a canine IL-13 protein; and (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule fully complementary to the isolated nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b).
 2. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1, wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 or SEQ ID NO:70.
 3. An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of: (i) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence 95% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69, wherein said protein binds a canine IL-13 protein; and (ii) a protein comprising an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region from SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69; and (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule fully complementary to an isolated nucleic acid molecule of (a).
 4. An isolated protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) a protein comprising an at least 40 contiguous amino acid sequence identical to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid sequence from SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69; and (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69, wherein said protein binds a canine IL-13 protein.
 5. The isolated protein of claim 4, wherein said isolated protein comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69.
 6. A therapeutic composition comprising the isolated protein of claim
 4. 7. A method to regulate an immune response in a candid, said method comprising administering to said canid the therapeutic composition of claim
 6. 8. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion protein, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a carrier protein, and wherein said nucleic acid molecule further comprises a second nucleic acid sequence encoding an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region from SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69.
 9. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule of claim 8, wherein said fusion protein comprises a linker sequence.
 10. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule of claim 8, wherein said carrier protein is an immunoglobulin Fc region.
 11. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule of claim 8, wherein said carrier protein is a canine immunoglobulin Fc region.
 12. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule of claim 8, wherein said carrier protein is a canine immunoglobulin gamma Fc region.
 13. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule of claim 8, wherein said second nucleic acid sequence is at least 95% identical to a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65 and SEQ ID NO:68, and wherein said second nucleic acid sequence encodes a protein that binds a canine IL-13 protein.
 14. The chimeric nucleic acid molecule of claim 8, wherein said second nucleic acid sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:80 and SEQ ID NO:82.
 15. A fusion protein comprising a first domain and a second domain, wherein said first domain comprises the amino acid sequence of a carrier protein, and wherein the second domain comprises an at least 40 continuous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region from SEQ ID NO:55, SEC ID NO:58, SEC ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69.
 16. The fusion protein of claim 15, wherein said fusion protein comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:78 and SEQ ID NO:81.
 17. A method to produce a canine IL-13Rα2 protein, said method comprising: (a) culturing a cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (i) an isolated nucleic acid molecule having an at least 50 contiguous nucleotide region identical in sequence to an at least 50 contiguous nucleotide region from SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68 or SEQ ID NO:70; (ii) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65, or SEQ ID NO:68, wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule encodes a protein that binds a canine IL-13 protein; (iii) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein comprising an amino acid sequence 95% identical to the SEQ of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69, wherein said protein binds a canine IL-13 protein; and (iv) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein comprising an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region identical in sequence to an at least 40 contiguous amino acid region from SEQ of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:69; and (b) recovering said canine IL-13Rα2 protein. 